Finite-element methods in microwaves: a selected bibliography

This paper reviews the history and present state of finite-element methods, as applied to electromagnetic-field problems in the microwave range (including element definitions and error estimation, guided wave propagation, scattering and antenna problems). It provides a selective bibliography, current as of the first months of 1996, with annotations and evaluative comments on the works surveyed. It briefly notes the capabilities of the finite-element method, and estimates how fully they have been realized to date. Some conjectures on the future of finite-element methods are also hazarded.