A Hybrid Optimization Strategy of Random Forest and Differential, Evolution Algorithm for Wideband Antennas
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Antenna, Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm, feature selection, Random Forest (RF) algorithm摘要
This paper presents a hybrid optimization strategy for wideband antenna design that leverages the strengths of both Random Forest (RF) and Differential Evolution (DE) algorithms. The strategy employs DE for iteratively updating antenna parameters and RF for feature selection in the process of antenna performance optimization. Initially, DE is applied to update antenna parameters for a predetermined number of iterations, generating a dataset of antenna performance metrics. This dataset is then used to train an RF model, which identifies the importance of each design variable. Feature selection, guided by the RF-derived importance, is applied to reduce the dimensionality of the search space. DE subsequently continues the optimization process within this reduced parameter space. Validation of this hybrid approach is performed through the design of a wideband slot antenna and compared against standalone DE, Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and Simulated Annealing (SA). Results demonstrate that the proposed strategy significantly accelerates convergence, achieving the target reflection coefficient and gain with substantially fewer iterations than the other methods (reductions of 75.56%, 45%, 42.11%, and 50% compared to DE, GA, SA, and PSO, respectively). Furthermore, the hybrid strategy consistently finds superior solutions exhibiting lower loss values compared to the benchmark algorithms. The method offers a computationally efficient, interpretable, and effective approach to antenna optimization.
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