Title :
Antenna array synthesis using Invasive Weed Optimization: A new optimization technique in electromagnetics
Author :
Karimkashi, Shaya ; Kishk, Ahmed A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
Abstract :
The applicability and efficiency of the invasive weed optimization, invented optimizer, for linear antenna array synthesis were investigated. It was shown that this new optimization method outperforms the PSO in the convergence speed and final error level.
Keywords :
convergence; linear antenna arrays; optimisation; convergence speed; electromagnetics; final error level; invasive weed optimization; linear antenna array synthesis; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Biological system modeling; Boundary conditions; Convergence; Electromagnetics; Environmental factors; Linear antenna arrays; Optimization methods; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5171492