Application of the hybrid algorithm combining ant colony optimization algorithm with microgenetic algorithm to the optimization of multilayered radar absorbing coating

Author

Chao, Kun ; Liu, Yunlin ; Yang, Rugui

Author_Institution

Electromagn. Inst., Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 April 2008

Firstpage

597

Lastpage

600

Abstract

A new optimization technique based on the hybrid algorithm combining ant colony optimization algorithm with microgenetic algorithm is presented for the design of multilayered radar absorbing materials. During the optimization procedure the optimization constrained conditions are different in order to meet the practical requirements in the different frequency bands between 2 GHz and 18 GHz, and the multilayered radar absorbing materials is also designed for a given maximum total thickness. The effects of the thickness and the number of layers on the optimization results are discussed in detail. The numerical results show that this new hybrid algorithm can obtain a better solution than that of the genetic algorithm.

Keywords

absorbing media; genetic algorithms; inhomogeneous media; optimisation; radar theory; ant colony optimization algorithm; frequency 2 GHz to 18 GHz; hybrid algorithm; microgenetic algorithm; multilayered radar absorbing coating; multilayered radar absorbing materials; Algorithm design and analysis; Ant colony optimization; Building materials; Coatings; Constraint optimization; Design optimization; Distributed computing; Feedback; Optimization methods; Radar applications; ant colony optimization algorithm; hybrid algorithm; microgenetic algorithm; multilayered radar absorbing materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2008. ICMMT 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1879-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1880-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMMT.2008.4540464

Filename

4540464