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Fractal Element Antenna Genetic Optimization Using A PC Cluster
Fractal Element Antenna Genetic Optimization Using A PC Cluster
ACES Proceedings
March 21, 2002
Monterey, CA
Fractal Development
Boston University:
– Nuno Alves
– William Crespo
– Felipe Fernandes
– Fabio Santana
Fractal Antenna Systems, INC.
– Dr. Nathan Cohen and Dr. Robert Hohlfeld
Problem:
– Computationally Intensive
– Time Consuming
Genetic Algorithms
– Intrinsic Parallelism
S e r v e r /H o s t N o d e 0
D u a l P ro c e s s o r
( 2 ) - P III 1 G h z
256M B R AM & 30G B HD IP : 1 0 .0 .0 .1 0
AR K SO HO
1 0 /1 0 0 M B /s e c
E t h e r n e t S w itc h
1 6 P o r ts
9000.00
8000.00
7000.00
6000.00
Time(S)
5000.00
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3000.00
2000.00
1000.00
0.00
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03/21/2002 ACES Conference Proceeding Nodes
Results
Speed Up Factor
6
5
4
Factor
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
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