Title :
Particle swarm optimization of microwave microstrip filters
Author :
Matekovits, Ladislau ; Mussetta, M. ; Pirinoli, P. ; Selleri, S. ; Zich, R.E.
Author_Institution :
LACE, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
Particle swarm optimization is here applied to the design of a microwave microstrip line filter. A friction factor is introduced to slow down particles and speed up convergence, as well as a sort of "implicit restart". A comparison with genetic algorithms is also presented.
Keywords :
convergence of numerical methods; microstrip filters; microwave filters; optimisation; convergence; friction factor; implicit restart; microwave microstrip line filter; particle swarm optimization; Band pass filters; Convergence; Cost function; Friction; Genetic algorithms; Microstrip components; Microstrip filters; Optimization methods; Particle swarm optimization; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8302-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2004.1331939
