Concurrent Network Diakoptics for Electromagnetic Field Problems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 708-716

  Merugu, L N ^a   Fusco, Vincent F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

CONCURRENT NETWORK DIAKOPTICS; HYBRID COUPLERS; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

EID: 0027575077     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.231669     Document Type: Article

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