[SJSque]

Interesting name. :) I worked on developing compact models for the first few years of my employment at NXP Semiconductors, which is (for me, at least) the top result of a Google search for "compact models", defining them as "mathematical descriptions of semiconductor devices used in analog circuit simulators".

[abhgh]

You're right, thats what the term seems to stand for (I had Googled too, when I was thinking of names). "Compact models" is something I am considering calling this work - its by no means standard :)