This is a useful guide to the design and use of numerical models which can be converted into reliable simulation algorithms. It is aimed mainly at electrical and electronic engineering students but will also be useful to students of other engineering disciplines and physics.

• Introduction ; 1. Models continuous and discrete ; 2. The finite difference approach to discrete modelling ; 3. Models based on distributed electromagnetic analogues ; 4. Rule based models ; 5. Probability based models ; 6. Modelling methods involving non-Cartesian meshes ; 7. Frequency domain models ; 8. Some additional techniques ; Appendix. Mathematical fundamentals ; Index