Pattern Nulling of Linear Antenna Arrays Using Backtracking Search Optimization Algorithm

Table 1

NDL, MSL, and DRR values obtained by BSA and other optimization techniques MTACO [13], BA [16], PGSA [26], HSA [35], and BFA [19] for one null imposed at 14°.

	BSA (Figure 3)	MTACO [13]	BA [16]	PGSA [26]	HSA [35]	BFA [19]
NDL (dB)	−134.2	−88.1	−100.4	−118.3	−122.5	−113.6
MSL (dB)	−29.22	−29.10	−28.80	−28.03	−29.14	−28.11
DRR	3.86	4.36	4.09	3.89	3.87	3.89