?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F768%2F&rft.title=Thinning+Planar+Phased+Arrays+by+Means+of+Hybrid+Analytical%E2%80%90Evolutionary+Optimization&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Gottardi%2C+G.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+G.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+AT+Analytic+Techniques&rft.subject=M+EA+Evolutionary+Algorithms&rft.description=This+work+deals+with+the+design+of+planar+thinned+phased+arrays.+An+innovative+2D+hybrid+thinning+procedure++is+proposed+to+combine+the+efficiency+of+analytical+almost+difference+sets+(ADSs)+with+the+effectiveness+of+genetic+algorithms+(GAs)+to+enable+faster+convergence+rates+and+improved+side-lobe+suppression+with+respect+to+classical+thinning+strategies.+The+performance+of+the+proposed+ADSGA+method+are+carefully+assessed+by+means+of+selected+numerical+results.+Moreover%2C+a+comparison+with+competitive+state-of-the-art+approaches+addressing+the+same+design+problem+is+shown%2C+as+well.&rft.publisher=ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F768%2F1%2FThinning%2520Planar%2520Phased%2520Arrays%2520by%2520Means%2520of%2520Hybrid%2520Analytical%25E2%2580%2590Evolutionary%2520Optimization.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.++(2018)+Thinning+Planar+Phased+Arrays+by+Means+of+Hybrid+Analytical%E2%80%90Evolutionary+Optimization.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++