The Method of Auxiliary Sources (MAS) in Computational Electromagnetics: A Comprehensive Review of Advancements over the Past Two Decades

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive review of research conducted on the Method of Auxiliary Sources (MAS) over a period of the last 22 years, i.e., since the last up-to-date survey was published. MAS is a very attractive numerical technique due to its simple algorithmic structure and the generally low computational cost it requires in terms of memory and CPU time; this is why it has been applied to a vast variety of cases, as concluded by the long citations list included. After a short introduction summarizing the fundamental concepts of the method, references since 2002 are categorized, briefly described, and commented on. This work is intended to assist every researcher who is involved in MAS computations, providing an exhaustive, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, list of related publications.