Journal of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Electrical Electron. Eng. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2367
  • DOI: 10.5897/JEEER
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 59

Full Length Research Paper

Reduction of side lobe level in non-uniform circular antenna arrays using the simulated annealing algorithm

A. Zangene
  • A. Zangene
  • Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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H. R. Dalili Oskouei
  • H. R. Dalili Oskouei
  • University of Aeronautical Science and Technology (Shahid Sattari), Tehran, Iran
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M. Nourhoseini
  • M. Nourhoseini
  • Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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  •  Received: 14 April 2014
  •  Accepted: 29 July 2014
  •  Published: 14 August 2014

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