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III.2.6 Brief History

The image-source principle for computation of acoustics of a rectangular room was originally presented by Cremer in 1948 [1], and later by Mintzer in 1950 [2]. The first computerized version were presented by Gibbs and Jones in 1972 [3]. In 1979, Allen and Berkley published their version accompanied with FORTRAN code that implemented the algorithm [4]. A major step forward was taken in 1984, when Borish extended the approach to cover arbitrary polygonal structures [5], although the basic concepts were presented already in 1976 by Santon [6]. A thorough description and analysis of the image-source method has been presented by Mechel [7].

References

[1] L Cremer. Die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der Raumakustik: Geometrische Raumakustik . S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 15-29, 1948.
[2] D Mintzer. Transient Sounds in Rooms. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. , 22(3):341–352, 1950.
[3] B M Gibbs and D K Jones. A Simple Image Method for Calculating the Distribution of Sound Pressure Levels within an Enclosure. Acustica , 26(1):24–32, 1972.
[4] J B Allen and D A Berkley. Image method for efficiently simulating small-room acoustics. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. , 65(4):943–950, 1979.
[5] J Borish. Extension of the image model to arbitrary polyhedra. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. , 75(6):1827–1836, 1984.
[6] F Santon. Numerical prediction of echograms and of the intelligibility of speech in rooms. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. , 59(6):1399–1405, 1976.
[7] F Mechel. Improved mirror source method in room acoustics. J. Sound Vib. , 256(5):873–940, 2002.

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