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Meta-Heuristic Cuckoo Search Algorithm for the Correction of Faulty Array Antenna

Keywords: Cuckoo Search Algorithm, Chebyshev Array, Null Position, Linear Array, Sidelobes

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 34 ,  Issue 4

Shafqatullah  Khan , Ijaz Mansoor  Qureshi , Bilal  Shoaib ,

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