DocumentCode
1760411
Title
A Cautionary Note on Optimization [Antenna Designer´s Notebook]
Author
Fondevila-Gomez, J. ; Coleman, I.C. ; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, J.A. ; Ares-Pena, F.
Author_Institution
Fac. of Phys., Dept. of Appl. Phys., Radiating Syst. Group, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Volume
55
Issue
5
fYear
2013
fDate
Oct. 2013
Firstpage
136
Lastpage
139
Abstract
It is always nice to be told that one\´s solution to a problem is optimal. We like to think we have the best solution, even though as engineers, we should be aware that for very few problems is the quality of the solution really a uni-dimensional variable with a unique maximum. In the real world, a "best solution" is usually the result of painstaking exploration of a Pareto frontier, the dimensions of which do not in general lend themselves to being neatly bundled a priori in some scalar function.
Keywords
Pareto optimisation; antenna radiation patterns; Pareto frontier; antenna designer notebook; antenna pattern synthesis; Aperture antennas; Optimization;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1045-9243
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAP.2013.6735486
Filename
6735486
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