Guidelines for using the fast multipole method to calculate the RCS of large objects

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 190-194

  Bindiganavale, Sunil S ^a   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical methods; Radar cross section; Scattering

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

FAR ZONE ELEMENTS; FAST FAR FIELD APPROXIMATION; FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 0030106672     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199603)11:4<190::AID-MOP7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Review

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