GEOMETRIC CURVE APPROXIMATION

Authors
WOLTERS HJ FARIN G
Citation
Hj. Wolters et G. Farin, GEOMETRIC CURVE APPROXIMATION, Computer aided geometric design, 14(6), 1997, pp. 499-513
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences",Mathematics,"Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Computer aided geometric design → ACNP
ISSN journal
01678396
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
499 - 513
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8396(1997)14:6<499:GCA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We present a new metric to measure the shape quality of curves. This m etric is based upon the concept of total curvature. We then present a rational approximation scheme that minimizes a functional defined in t erms of this metric. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.