The method of weighted residuals: A general approach to deriving time- and frequency-domain numerical methods

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-70

  Chen, Zhizhang ^a,c   Ney, Michel M ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^c Wireless Technology

Author keywords

Expansion basis functions; FDTD; Finite difference frequency domain; Finite element methods; Frequency domain analysis; Method of lines; Method of weighted residuals; Mode matching; Moment methods; Spectral domain method; Testing functions; Time domain analysis; Transmission line matrix method; Weighting functions

Indexed keywords

FDTD; FINITE DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY DOMAIN; METHOD OF LINES; METHOD OF WEIGHTED RESIDUALS; MODE MATCHING; MOMENT METHODS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN METHOD; TESTING FUNCTIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX METHOD; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRIC LINES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOMASKS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 66749097711     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.4939019     Document Type: Article

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