A comprehensive survey on NSGA-II for multi-objective optimization and applications

H Ma, Y Zhang, S Sun, T Liu, Y Shan - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2023 - Springer
In the last two decades, the fast and elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-
II) has attracted extensive research interests, and it is still one of the hottest research …

Distributed and collaborative beamforming in wireless sensor networks: Classifications, trends, and research directions

S Jayaprakasam, SKA Rahim… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed and collaborative beamforming (DCBF) scheme in wireless sensor networks
(WSNs) is receiving newfound interest in recent times due to the rapid advancements in …

Secure and energy-efficient UAV relay communications exploiting collaborative beamforming

G Sun, J Li, A Wang, Q Wu, Z Sun… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a promising communication platform to assist terrestrial
networks. In this work, we aim to provide relay communication to the blocked or low-quality …

Sidelobe reductions of antenna arrays via an improved chicken swarm optimization approach

S Liang, Z Fang, G Sun, Y Liu, G Qu, Y Zhang - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Antenna arrays are able to improve the directivity performance and reduce the cost of
wireless communication systems. However, how to reduce the maximum sidelobe level …

Energy efficient collaborative beamforming for reducing sidelobe in wireless sensor networks

G Sun, Y Liu, Z Chen, A Wang, Y Zhang… - ieee transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collaborative beamforming (CB) in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) based on a virtual
node antenna array (VNAA) can increase the transmission distance and enhance the …

Radiation beam pattern synthesis of concentric circular antenna arrays using hybrid approach based on cuckoo search

G Sun, Y Liu, Z Chen, S Liang, A Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel hybrid approach to suppress the maximum sidelobe level (SLL) of large scale
concentric circular antenna array (CCAA) is proposed. The approach includes an improved …

An antenna array sidelobe level reduction approach through invasive weed optimization

G Sun, Y Liu, H Li, S Liang, A Wang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The problems of synthesizing the beam patterns of the linear antenna array (LAA) and the
circular antenna array (CAA) are addressed. First, an optimization problem is formulated for …

Multi-node open-loop distributed beamforming based on scalable, high-accuracy ranging

SM Ellison, SR Mghabghab, JA Nanzer - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a distributed antenna array supporting open-loop distributed beamforming at 1.5
GHz. Based on a scalable, high-accuracy internode ranging technique, we demonstrate …

IWORMLF: Improved invasive weed optimization with random mutation and Lévy flight for beam pattern optimizations of linear and circular antenna arrays

T Zheng, Y Liu, G Sun, L Zhang, S Liang, A Wang… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The beam pattern synthesis of antenna arrays is one of the most significant optimization
problems in the electromagnetics community, and it affects the performance of wireless …

A sidelobe and energy optimization array node selection algorithm for collaborative beamforming in wireless sensor networks

G Sun, Y Liu, S Liang, Z Chen, A Wang, Q Ju… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The beam pattern of the virtual node antenna array (VNAA) in wireless sensor networks has
a high maximum sidelobe level (SLL), thereby causing communication interference because …