Abstract :
The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is arguably the most popular numerical method for the solution of problems in electromagnetics. Although the FDTD method has existed for nearly 30 years, its popularity continues to grow as computing costs continue to decline. Furthermore, extensions and enhancements to the method are continually being published, which further broaden its appeal. Because of the tremendous amount of FDTD-related research activity, tracking the FDTD literature can be a daunting task. We present a selective survey of FDTD publications. This survey presents some of the significant works that made the FDTD method so popular, and tracks its development up to the present-day state-of-the-art in several areas. An “on-line” BibTEX database, which contains bibliographic information about many FDTD publications, is also presented
Keywords :
bibliographic systems; bibliographies; electromagnetism; finite difference time-domain analysis; literature; FDTD literature; FDTD method; FDTD publications; bibliographic information; finite-difference time-domain literature; on-line bibliographic text database; research activity; selective survey; Computer science; Costs; Databases; Electromagnetics; Finite difference methods; Grid computing; Magnetic domains; Maxwell equations; Scattering; Time domain analysis;
