Computational cost estimations and comparisons for three methods of applied electromagnetics (MoM, MAS, MMAS)

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-129

  Avdikos, Georgios K ^a   Anastassiu, Hristos T ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Aerospace Industry Corporation   (Greece)

Author keywords

(Modified) method of auxiliary sources; Complexity theory; Computational electromagnetics; Electromagnetic analysis; Integration; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

COMPLEXITY THEORY; COMPUTAIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; METHOD OF AUXILIARY SOURCES;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 20544474272     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2005.1436248     Document Type: Article

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