Research Article

Beam Performance Optimization of Multibeam Imaging Sonar Based on the Hybrid Algorithm of Binary Particle Swarm Optimization and Convex Optimization

Table 1

PSLL and calculation time of different methods.

MethodPSLL (dB)Calculation time (hour)

BPSO (only optimize positions)−7.4894
BPSO with PSO (optimize positions firstly and weights secondly)−16.051973.8
Hybrid algorithm of genetic algorithm and convex optimization−19.539216.5
Proposed algorithm in the paper−22.16437.5