?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F733%2F&rft.title=An+Innovative+Particle+Swarm+Optimization%E2%80%90Based+Approach+for+GPR+Microwave+Imaging&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Poli%2C+L.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+EA+Evolutionary+Algorithms&rft.description=This+work+presents+an+innovative+microwave+imaging+technique+for+accurate+and+robust+subsurface+imaging.+The+proposed+approach+is+based+on+the+integration+of+a+customized+particle+swarm+optimization+(PSO)+algorithm+within+the+iterative+multi-scaling+approach+(IMSA)%2C+and+exploits+multiple+frequency+components+extracted+from+ground+penetrating+radar+(GPR)+wideband+data.+The+solution+of+the+arising+inverse+scattering+problem+is+yielded+within+a+multi-frequency+(MF)+approach%2C+allowing+to+exploit+the+intrinsic+frequency+diversity+of+GPR+measurements+in+order+to+add+information+and+mitigate+the+ill-posedness+and+non-linearity+issues.+Some+numerical+experiments+are+shown+in+order+to+assess+the+effectiveness+of+the+proposed+MF-IMSA-PSO+method+when+dealing+with+the+retrieval+of+unknown+buried+scatterers+having+different+shape.+Moreover%2C+a+comparison+to+a+competitive+state-of-the-art+deterministic+approach+is+shown%2C+in+order+to+highlight+the+benefits+of+exploiting+a+global+optimization+algorithm+in+minimizing+the+MF+cost+function.&rft.publisher=University+of+Trento&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F733%2F1%2FAn%2520Innovative%2520Particle%2520Swarm%2520Optimization%25E2%2580%2590Based%2520Approach%2520for%2520GPR%2520Microwave%2520Imaging.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Poli%2C+L.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2016)+An+Innovative+Particle+Swarm+Optimization%E2%80%90Based+Approach+for+GPR+Microwave+Imaging.++Technical+Report.+University+of+Trento.+++++