Volume 72, Numbers 1-2, 53-64, DOI: 10.1007/s00607-003-0046-y

Spline Curve Approximation and Design by Optimal Control Over the Knots

Rony Goldenthal and Michel Bercovier

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Abstract

In [1] Optimal Control methods over re-parametrization for curve and surface design were introduced. The advantage of Optimal Control over Global Minimization such as in [16] is that it can handle both approximation and interpolation. Moreover a cost function is introduced to implement a design objective (shortest curve, smoothest one etc...). The present work introduces the Optimal Control over the knot vectors of non-uniform B-Splines. Violation of Schoenberg-Whitney condition is dealt naturally within the Optimal Control framework. A geometric description of the resulting null space is provided as well.

Keywords  Knot vector placement - curve fitting - interpolation - optimal control - schoenberg-whitney condition

AMS Subject Classification  41A15 - 49N99 - 65K10 - 65D05 - 65D07 - 65D10 - 65D17

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