Nature-inspired algorithms for the optimization of optical reference signals

Abstract

This paper presents two nature-inspired approaches to the design of Zero Reference Codes (ZRC) for optical applications, both in one and two dimensions. Specifically we present a genetic algorithm and a simulated annealing hybridized with a restricted search operator to cope with the problem constraints. Extensive experiments have shown that nature-inspired approaches proposed can improve the results of existing techniques for this problem. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.