Linear array synthesis using a hybrid genetic algorithm

There has been some interest in the application of genetic algorithms to antenna array synthesis problems. A direct encoding hybrid genetic algorithm is applied to a variable length and fixed number of elements linear array synthesis problem. A comparison is made with published results. The algorithm proposed paper yields substantially better results than the previously published work. The algorithm utilizes a number of novel operators, a new encoding/decoding scheme, and a variation of a roulette wheel reproduction technique. In addition the results from a continuous variable algorithm is compared to the hybrid genetic results.