Abstract
Particle swarm optimization is a recently invented high-performance optimizer that possesses several highly desirable attributes, including the fact that the basic algorithm is very easy to understand and implement. It is similar in some ways to genetic algorithms or evolutionary algorithms, but generally requires only a few lines of code. In this paper, a particle swarm optimizer is implemented and compared to a genetic algorithm for phased array synthesis of a far field sidelobe notch, using amplitude-only, phase-only, and complex tapering. The results show that some optimization scenarios are better suited to one method versus the other (i.e. particle swarm optimization performs better in some cases while genetic algorithms perform better in others), which implies that the two methods traverse the problem hyperspace differently. Although simple, the particle swarm optimizer shows good possibilities for electromagnetic optimization.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 181-184 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest) |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2003 |
| Event | 2003 IEEE International Antennas and Propagation Symposium and USNC/CNC/URSI North American Radio Science Meeting - Columbus, OH, United States Duration: Jun 22 2003 → Jun 27 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering