Changes

! scope="col"| Simulation Engine(s)

! scope="col"| Modeling Accuracy

! scope="col"| Solver Type

! scope="col"| Fundamental Solution

! scope="col"| Applications

| style="width:40px;" | [[Basic_FDTD_Theory | FDTD]]

| style="width:60px;" | Full-wave

| style="width:60px;" | Volumetric solver

| style="width:150px;" | Electric and magnetic fields in the entire domain

| style="width:200px;" | General-purpose field simulator capable of handling complex geometrical and material variations

| style="width:40px;" | [[SBR_Method | SBR]]

| style="width:60px;" | Asymptotic

| style="width:60px;" | Ray Tracer

| style="width:150px;" | Electric field ray tubes & power received at receiver locations

| style="width:200px;" | Radio wave propagation in very large scenes

| style="width:40px;" | [[Theory_of_Physical_Optics | GO-PO & IPO]]

| style="width:60px;" | Asymptotic

| style="width:60px;" | Surface solver

| style="width:150px;" | Electric and magnetic currents on surfaces

| style="width:200px;" | Scattering from very large surface structures & antenna-platform combinations

| style="width:40px;" | [[Electrostatic_and_Magnetostatic_Methods | FD]]

| style="width:60px;" | Static or quasi-static

| style="width:60px;" | Volumetric solver

| style="width:150px;" | Electric or magnetic fields in the entire domain

| style="width:200px;" | Small-scale devices and structures

| style="width:40px;" | [[Planar_Method_of_Moments | MPIE]]

| style="width:60px;" | Full-wave

| style="width:60px;" | Planar solver

| style="width:150px;" | Electric and magnetic currents on traces

| style="width:200px;" | Multilayer planar circuits, antennas & arrays, FSS, homogeneous substrates

| style="width:40px;" | [[3D_Method_of_Moments | WMOM & SMOM]]

| style="width:60px;" | Full-wave

| style="width:60px;" | Wire & surface solvers

| style="width:150px;" | Electric and magnetic currents on surfaces or wires

| style="width:200px;" | Radiation and scattering problems involving metals and homogeneous dielectric materials