VSO-Optimized Dipole-Loaded Monopole
Richard A. Formato *
Cataldo and Fisher, LLC, P.O. Box 1714, Harwich, MA 02645, USA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Very Simple Optimization (VSO) is introduced as a new a new global search design and optimization algorithm that is applied to a seminal antenna optimization problem: achieving uniform hemispherical coverage in a dipole-loaded monopole. The VSO-optimized monopole's performance is compared to genetic algorithm and hill-climber designs, and VSO is tested against two suites of benchmark functions and several other algorithms.
Keywords: Antenna, wire antenna, monopole, loaded antenna, electromagnetic, Very Simple Optimization, VSO, numerical optimization, optimization algorithm, metaheuristic