A Fast and Efficient Beamforming Algorithm Imitating Plant Growth Gene for Phased Array Antenna

Table 5

Comparison of the growth model with different algorithms.

Year/Ref	Algorithm	Antenna array	Optimization objectives	Computational time
[2020]/[5]	Generic algorithm	10-circular	Beamforming	110 s
[2015]/[6]	Model order reduction	Rectangular	Beamforming	644 s
[2020]/[7]	Invasive weed optimization	10-circular	Beamforming	114.5 s
[2019]/[8]	Particle swarm optimization	8 × 1 Patch	Beamforming	31.7 s
[2019]/[8]	Firefly algorithm	8 × 1 Patch	Beamforming	55.4 s
[2019]/[8]	Taguchi’s method	8 × 1 Patch	Beamforming	194.8 s
Proposed	Growth model	1 × 16-Linear	Gain fine-tuning	<10 ms