A dipole-loaded monopole antenna is optimized for uniform hemispherical coverage using VSO, a new global search design and optimization algorithm. The antenna's performance is compared to a genetically optimized loaded monopole , and VSO is tested against two suites of benchmark functions  .
A dipole-loaded monopole antenna is optimized for uniform hemispherical coverage using VSO, a new global search design and optimization algorithm. The antenna's performance is compared to genetic algorithm and hill-climber optimized loaded monopoles , and VSO is tested against two suites of benchmark functions and several other algorithms .
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a genetically optimized loaded monopole
genetic algorithm and hill-climber optimized loaded monopoles
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and several other algorithms