Introduction
The family library is easiest to navigate when read against model-comparison reviews, organism-focused scattering surveys, and companion open-source modeling ecosystems (Jech et al. 2015).
The package contains enough model families that the site works better when the model pages are treated as a library rather than as a flat list in the top navigation. This page is the main entry point for that library.
Model-status policy
- Benchmarked means the family has a documented comparison against a canonical benchmark ladder or stored benchmark values.
- Validated means the currently supported public scope has a documented external software or independent-comparison check.
- Partially validated means some supported branches are externally checked, but the full public scope is not yet closed.
- Unvalidated means the package does not yet claim external validation across the current public scope.
- Experimental means the family is available to use, but its interface or supported workflow should still be treated as provisional.
These tags are intended to be read in three pieces:
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Benchmarkedis independent of the validation badge and can appear alongsideValidated,Partially validated, orUnvalidated. -
The validation badge is always exactly one of
Validated,Partially validated, orUnvalidated. -
Experimentalis a separate lifecycle tag and can coexist with any benchmark or validation badge.
Modal-series families
PSMS
Benchmarked Validated
Prolate-spheroidal modal-series solution for smooth elongated canonical bodies.
BCMS
Unvalidated Experimental
Bent-cylinder modal-series family for straight and uniformly bent cylinders.
ECMS
Unvalidated Experimental
Elastic-cylinder modal-series family for fully elastic solid cylinders.
Approximation and ray-based families
KRM
Benchmarked Validated
Kirchhoff-ray mode model for segmented fish-like body-plus-inclusion targets.
TRCM
Benchmarked Unvalidated
Two-ray cylindrical family for high-frequency locally cylindrical targets.
Composite and emerging families
BBFM
Unvalidated Experimental
Composite flesh-plus-backbone family for swimbladder-less fish-like targets.
VESM
Validated Experimental
Viscous-elastic layered-sphere family for gas-core, shell, and viscous-layer targets.
TMM
Benchmarked Partially validated Experimental
Single-target transition-matrix family for retained monostatic and angle-dependent scattering products across supported canonical shapes.
How to use this page
Each family page is intended to be the local navigation hub for that model family. Use the family page to move between overview, theory, implementation, and related package pages, rather than relying on a long global theory or implementation menu.