1. Van Trees, Harry L., Optimum Array Processing: Part IV of Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
2. Eisenbeis, Joerg, Tobias Mahler, Pablo Ramos Lopez, and Thomas Zwick, "Channel estimation method for subarray based hybrid beamforming systems employing sparse arrays," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 87, 25-38, 2018.
doi:10.2528/pierc18062506 Google Scholar
3. Tang, Qi, Bin Wang, and Xue Tian, "Synthesis of antenna array based on hybrid improved sparrow search algorithm and convex programming," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 153, 247-255, 2025.
doi:10.2528/pierc25011903 Google Scholar
4. Zhao, Xiaowen and Yunhua Zhang, "An off-grid compressed sensing method for synthesis of maximally sparse arrays with arbitrary beampatterns," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 126, 227-241, 2022.
doi:10.2528/pierc22092702 Google Scholar
5. Wang, Lanmei, Xin-Kuan Wang, Guibao Wang, and Jian-Ke Jia, "A two-step method for the low-sidelobe synthesis of uniform amplitude planar sparse arrays," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 86, 153-162, 2019.
doi:10.2528/pierm19080612 Google Scholar
6. Battaglia, Giada M., Andrea Francesco Morabito, Gino Sorbello, and Tommaso Isernia, "Mask-constrained power synthesis of large and arbitrary arraysas a few-samples global optimization," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 98, 69-81, 2020.
doi:10.2528/pierc19082904 Google Scholar
7. Ullah, Naveed, Zhao Huiling, Tariq Rahim, Saeed Ur Rahman, and Mian MuhammadKamal, "Reduced side lobe level of sparse linear antenna array by optimized spacing and excitation amplitude using particle swarm optimization," 2017 7th IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation, and EMC Technologies (MAPE), 96-99, Xi'an, China, 2017.
doi:10.1109/MAPE.2017.8250806
8. Chen, Kesong, Xiaohua Yun, Zishu He, and Chunlin Han, "Synthesis of sparse planar arrays using modified real genetic algorithm," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 55, No. 4, 1067-1073, 2007.
doi:10.1109/tap.2007.893375 Google Scholar
9. Wang, X. P., P. F. Gu, D. Z. Ding, and R. S. Chen, "Unitary matrix pencil method for multi-beam sparse linear array pattern synthesis," 2017 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES), 1-2, Suzhou, China, 2017.
10. Candes, Emmanuel J. and Michael B. Wakin, "An introduction to compressive sampling," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 2, 21-30, 2008.
doi:10.1109/msp.2007.914731 Google Scholar
11. Oliveri, Giacomo and Andrea Massa, "Bayesian compressive sampling for pattern synthesis with maximally sparse non-uniform linear arrays," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 59, No. 2, 467-481, Feb. 2011.
doi:10.1109/tap.2010.2096400 Google Scholar
12. Zhou, Wenjing, Mingwei Shen, Di Wu, and Daiyin Zhu, "Efficient beam-scanning wideband sparse array synthesis with minimum element spacing control," Signal Processing, Vol. 238, 110194, 2026.
doi:10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110194 Google Scholar
13. Wang, Zhongyuan, Min Xu, Mingwei Shen, and Yipin Shen, "Pattern-reconfigurable sparse array synthesis with minimum element spacing constraint," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 39, No. 7, 810-821, 2025.
doi:10.1080/09205071.2025.2477662 Google Scholar
14. Yang, Zai, Lihua Xie, and Cishen Zhang, "Off-grid direction of arrival estimation using sparse Bayesian inference," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 61, No. 1, 38-43, Jan. 2013.
doi:10.1109/tsp.2012.2222378 Google Scholar