Affiliation:
1. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract
Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) is a recently introduced evolutionary algorithm. BBO is based on mathematical models that describe how species migrate from one island to another, how new species arise, and how species become extinct. The way the problem solution is found is analogous to nature's way of distributing species. The purpose of this chapter is to briefly describe the BBO algorithm and present its application to antenna and wireless communications design problems. This chapter presents results from design cases that include patch antenna, linear antenna array, and a partial transmit sequence (PTS) scheme for OFDM signals based on BBO.