An Efficient Method for Antenna Design Optimization Based on Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning Techniques

In recent years, various methods from the evolutionary computation (EC) field have been applied to electromagnetic (EM) design problems and have shown promising results. However, due to the high computational cost of the EM simulations, the efficiency of directly using evolutionary algorithms is oft...

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Vydáno v:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Ročník 62; číslo 1; s. 7 - 18
Hlavní autoři: Bo Liu, Aliakbarian, Hadi, Zhongkun Ma, Vandenbosch, Guy A. E., Gielen, Georges, Excell, Peter
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New York, NY IEEE 01.01.2014
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ISSN:0018-926X, 1558-2221
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Shrnutí:In recent years, various methods from the evolutionary computation (EC) field have been applied to electromagnetic (EM) design problems and have shown promising results. However, due to the high computational cost of the EM simulations, the efficiency of directly using evolutionary algorithms is often very low (e.g., several weeks' optimization time), which limits the application of these methods for many industrial applications. To address this problem, a new method, called surrogate model assisted differential evolution for antenna synthesis (SADEA), is presented in this paper. The key ideas are: (1) A Gaussian Process (GP) surrogate model is constructed on-line to predict the performances of the candidate designs, saving a lot of computationally expensive EM simulations. (2) A novel surrogate model-aware evolutionary search mechanism is proposed, directing effective global search even when a traditional high-quality surrogate model is not available. Three complex antennas and two mathematical benchmark problems are selected as examples. Compared with the widely used differential evolution and particle swarm optimization, SADEA can obtain comparable results, but achieves a 3 to 7 times speed enhancement for antenna design optimization.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2013.2283605