Marco Forzati

A Genetic Algorithm for Satellite Antennas: Direct Optimisation for the Design of Complex Antennastructures Marco Forzati

What is known as the Darwin Theory of Evolution is asimple principle: species evolve by means of randomchanges and natural selection to adapt to a specificenvironment. The basic idea behind Genetic Algorithms(GA) is to imitate the way in which nature works inorder to design a system with desired characteristics(the environment). This book gives an introduction toGA and describes how to implement a GA-basedoptimisation method to design a complex antenna forsatellite applications. It's the perfect initiationto mathematical optimisation and GA for any antennaengineer, with a wide review of optimisation methods,a practical example of GA implementation, and a richappendix with Matlab code.