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Using Nonoscillatory Splines to Model Urban Environments

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David E. Gilsinn, Marjorie A. McClain, Christoph J. Witzgall

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the notion of Lavery splines and examine their properties in the univariate case. We also discuss some of the details involved with computing these splines on irregularly spaced data.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 8th SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing
Conference Dates
November 9-13, 2003
Conference Location
Seattle, WA
Conference Title
8th SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

curve fitting, Gauss-Seidel method, irregular data, Lavery splines, non-oscillatory splines, thin beam
Mathematics and statistics

Citation

Gilsinn, D. , McClain, M. and Witzgall, C. (2004), Using Nonoscillatory Splines to Model Urban Environments, Proceedings of the 8th SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing, Seattle, WA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50417 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created January 15, 2004, Updated February 19, 2017
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