%L elediasc12379
%T Genetically-designed arbitrary length almost difference sets
%A Giacomo Oliveri
%A Massimo Donelli
%A Andrea Massa
%I University of Trento
%D 2011
%X Almost difference sets (ADSs) have important applications in cryptography, coding theory, and antenna array thinning. A new approach is proposed to derive ADSs of arbitrary lengths. Such a technique recasts the ADS design as a combinatorial optimisation problem successively solved by means of a suitable binary genetic algorithm. New ADSs are derived to assess the effectiveness of the proposed approach. "This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in Electronics Letters and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library".
%K ADS design , almost difference sets , antenna array thinning , binary genetic algorithm , coding theory , combinatorial optimisation problem , cryptography , genetically-designed arbitrary length almost difference sets