Seeker Optimization Algorithm for Interference Suppression of Linear Antenna Arrays by Controlling Position-Only, Phase-Only, and Amplitude-Only

In this article, a stochastic search technique based on seeker optimization algorithm (SOA) is proposed for null steering of linear antenna arrays by controlling the position-only, phase-only, and amplitude-only. The SOA is relatively new optimization algorithm based on the concept of simulating the act of humans' intelligent search with their memory, experience, and uncertainty reasoning. Several numerical examples of Chebyshev pattern with the single, multiple, and broad nulls imposed at the directions of interference are given to illustrate the performance and flexibility of the proposed algorithm. For a comparison, the nulling patterns obtained by simulated annealing (SA) and tabu search (TS) algorithms are also given. Furthermore, the results of SOA are statistically compared with those of SA and TS algorithms. The statistical results of simulations show that SOA is superior to the other compared algorithms. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 21:505-518, 2011.