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1988 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Spline Interpolation
Author : Professor Fujio Yamaguchi
Published in: Curves and Surfaces in Computer Aided Geometric Design
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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When a smooth curve passing through a specified sequence of points is generated, use of the shape of a curve produced by a long narrow elastic band such as a steel band has long been used in the design of, for example, ships and automobiles. An elastic band used for such a purpose is called a spline. The spline can be made to assume the shape of a smooth curve passing through the specified points by attaching a suitable number of weights, called weights or ducks (Fig. 4.1).