List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Abbreviations |
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Symbols |
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1 Introduction |
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1.1 Design and Optimization Scenarios |
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1.1.1 Engineering applications |
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1.1.2 Medical applications |
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1.1.4 Humanities and social sciences |
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1.2 Electromagnetic Design Challenges |
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1.2.1 Fabrication sensitivity |
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1.2.2 Material sensitivity |
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1.4 Organization of the Book |
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2 Soft Computing Techniques |
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2.1 Artificial Neural Networks |
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2.1.2 Back-propagation algorithm |
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2.1.3 Matlab code for ANN |
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2.2 Genetic Algorithm (GA) |
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2.2.2 Terminologies of GA |
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2.2.2.1 Reproduction or selection |
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2.3 Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) |
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2.3.1 Basic concept of PSO |
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2.3.1.1 Binary PSO and real valued PSO (RPSO) |
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2.3.1.2 Single objective PSO and multi-objective PSO |
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2.4 Bacterial Foraging Optimization |
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2.4.2 Terminologies in BFO |
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2.4.2.4 Elimination and dispersal |
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2.4.4 Matlab code for BFO |
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3 Soft Computing in Electromagnetics: A Review |
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3.3 Frequency Selective Surfaces |
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3.4 Antenna Design and Optimization |
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3.4.1 Antenna miniaturization |
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3.4.2 Antenna pattern synthesis |
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3.4.3 Performance enhancement |
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3.5 Metamaterial Structures |
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4 Bacterial Foraging Optimization For Metamaterial Antennas |
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4.2 Challenges in Metamaterial Antenna design |
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4.3 BFO for Metamaterial Antenna Design |
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4.3.1 Multiband metamaterial fractal antenna |
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4.3.1.1 Fractal antenna design |
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4.3.1.2 Performance enhancement using BFO |
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4.3.2 Mutual coupling reduction |
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4.3.2.1 Design of microstrip antenna array |
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4.3.2.2 Mutual coupling reduction using metamaterial |
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5 PSO for Radar Absorbers |
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5.2 Types of Radar Absorbers |
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5.3 Radar Absorber Design Procedure |
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5.4 PSO for Design Optimization |
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5.4.1 Jaumann absorber optimization |
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5.4.2 Multilayer RAM optimization |
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5.5 Challenges and Issues in Conventional Absorber |
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5.6 Microwave Metamaterial Absorber |
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5.6.2 Design of microwave metamaterial absorber |
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5.6.4 Simulation results and discussion |
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5.7 Terahertz Absorber Design for Biomedical Application |
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5.7.2 Biomedical spectroscopy system |
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5.7.3 Design of metamaterial based terahertz absorber |
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5.7.4 Performance enhancement using PSO |
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5.7.5 Simulation results and discussion |
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6 Characterization of Planar Transmission Lines Using ANN |
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6.1 Planar Transmission Line |
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6.1.2 Slot line transmission line |
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6.2.2 Training of the neural network |
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6.3 Analysis and Design of Microstrip Transmission Line |
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6.3.1 Analysis of microstrip line |
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6.3.2 Design of microstrip line |
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6.4 Analysis and Design of Slotline |
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6.4.1 Analysis of slotline |
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7 Fault Detection in Antenna Arrays |
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7.1 Preliminaries and Overview |
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7.2 Artificial Neural Network for Array Fault Detection |
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7.2.1 Antenna array design |
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7.3 PSO for Array Fault Detection |
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7.3.2 Results and discussion |
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7.4 BFO for Array Fault Finding |
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7.4.2 Results and discussion |
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8 Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization for Active Terahertz Devices |
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8.1 Introduction to Terahertz Technology |
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8.1.1 Properties of terahertz spectrum |
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8.1.3 Challenges of terahertz technology |
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8.1.3.3 Fabrication issues |
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8.1.3.4 Characterization issues |
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8.2 Trends in Active Terahertz Devices |
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8.2.3 Electrical actuation |
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8.3 Design of Terahertz Device |
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8.3.1 Design of terahertz absorber |
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8.3.2 Performance enhancement analysis |
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8.4 Soft Computing for Performance Enhancement |
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8.4.1 MOPSO based computational engine |
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8.4.2 High performance ultra-thin absorber |
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8.5 Soft Computing for Active Terahertz Absorber |
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8.5.1 Selection of tuning mechanism |
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8.5.2 Implementation of tuning mechanism |
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8.5.3 PSO for design of active absorber array |
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8.5.3.2 Concept of adaptive tuning |
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8.6 Fabrication Sensitivity Analysis |
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9 Soft Computing based CAD Packages for EM Applications |
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9.1 CAD Package for Metamaterial Structures |
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9.1.1 Equivalent circuit analysis of square SRR |
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9.1.2 Equivalent circuit analysis of circular SRR |
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9.1.3 Development of CAD package using PSO |
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9.1.4 Optimization of metamaterial structures |
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9.1.4.3 Comparison of PSO and GA |
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9.1.5 Applications of the CAD package |
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9.2 Path Loss Prediction in Urban and Rural Environment |
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9.2.2 Propagation model and path loss prediction |
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9.2.3 CAD Package using ANN |
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9.2.3.1 Generation of data |
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9.2.3.2 Training of the ANN |
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9.2.5 Results and discussion |
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Author Index |
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Subject Index |
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