%D 2008 %X The estimation of the directions-of-arrival (DoAs) of multiple signals is a topic of great relevance in smart antenna synthesis and signal processing application. In this report, a memory-based method is proposed to compute the maximum likelihood DoA estimates. The final version of this article is available at the url of the journal PIER http://www.jpier.org/PIER/ %I University of Trento %A Leonardo Lizzi %A Federico Viani %A Manuel Benedetti %A Paolo Rocca %A Andrea Massa %K Direction-of-Arrival Estimation, Data-Supported Optimization, Smart Antennas, %L elediasc12446 %T The M-DSO-ESPRIT Method for Maximum Likelihood DoA Estimation