A new type of nature-inspired global optimization methodology based on atmospheric
motion is introduced. The proposed Wind Driven Optimization (WDO) technique is a …

A thorough and insightful introduction to using genetic algorithms to optimize
electromagnetic systems Genetic Algorithms in Electromagnetics focuses on optimizing the …

Synthesizing antenna arrays is one of the most influential optimization problems in the
electromagnetics community. In this paper, an improved fruit-fly optimization algorithm …

Particle swarm optimisation (PSO) has been enormously successful. Within little more than a
decade hundreds of papers have reported successful applications of PSO. In fact, there are …

The efficacy of a simple, electrically small, low-profile, Huygens source antenna that radiates
in its broadside direction is demonstrated numerically and experimentally. First, two types of …

The theory, computer simulations, and experimental measurements are presented for
electrically small, two-element supergain arrays with near-optimal end-fire gains of 7 dB. We …

In this paper, a super directive four-element compact parasitic antenna array has been
designed and optimized using an ad hoc procedure based on the Harrington maximum …

Electrically small, high-directivity antennas are in demand for a variety of current and future
wireless applications. An electrically small directive antenna (ESDA) that requires only one …

This paper summarizes the primary features inherent in current optimization methods
typically applied to antenna designs and demonstrates their effectiveness by applying …

Convoluting the elements of frequency selective surfaces produces resonating structures
with very small unit cell dimensions. This feature is attractive when the FSS is to be used at …