Solution of combined-field integral equation using multilevel fast multipole algorithm for scattering by homogeneous bodies

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1718-1726

  Sheng, Xing Qing ^a   Jin, Jian Ming ^a   Song, Jiming ^a   Chew, Weng Cho ^a   Lu, Cai Cheng ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; Moment methods

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMBINED FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATION; MULTILEVEL FAST MULTIPOLE ALGORITHM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032206605     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.736628     Document Type: Article

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