?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F769%2F&rft.title=An+Innovative+Approach+for+the+Design+of+Thinned+2D+Arrays+Based+on+Evolutionary+Optimization+and+Almost+Difference+Sets&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=In+this+work%2C+a+novel+approach+for+the+design+of+2D+thinned+phased+arrays+is+proposed.++The+developed+strategy+is+able+to+exploit+the+efficiency+of+analytical+almost+difference+sets+(ADSs)+and+the+effectiveness+of+evolutionary+optimization+in+exploring+the+search+space+of+all+possible+solutions.+Towards+this+end%2C+a+binary+optimization+technique+inspired+by+the+genetic+algorithm+(GA)+is+properly+customized+by+adapting+its+basic+operators+in+order+to+exploit+the+a-priori+information+provided+by+the+ADS+sequences.+Some+numerical+results+are+shown+in+order+to+assess+the+proposed+ADSGA+technique+for+thinning+planar+arrays%2C+as+well+as+to+directly+compare+it+to+state-of-the-art+solutions.+&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%2F769%2F1%2FAn%2520Innovative%2520Approach%2520for%2520the%2520Design%2520of%2520Thinned%25202D%2520Arrays%2520Based%2520on%2520Evolutionary%2520Optimization%2520and%2520Almost%2520Difference%2520Sets.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.++(2018)+An+Innovative+Approach+for+the+Design+of+Thinned+2D+Arrays+Based+on+Evolutionary+Optimization+and+Almost+Difference+Sets.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++