Description

Please edit this text to include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed.

Checklist

[x] make test passes with no errors
[x] the source code is well documented
[x] new functionality includes unittests
[x] the user-manual has been updated to reflect the changes
[x] I have installed the provided commit hook to auto-format commits (requires clang-format):
```
./scripts/git-pre-commit-format install
```
[x] code naming scheme follows the convention:

Style Elements

PascalCase classes, namespaces

camelCase functions

snake_case variables