Accession Number:

ADA055425

Title:

Smooth Surface Approximation by a Local Method of Interpolation at Scattered Points.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jan-Mar 78,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Franke,Richard

Report Date:

1978-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

52.0

Abstract:

This report describes a computer program which constructs a surface passing through a set of data points x sub k,y sub k,f sub k, k 1,...,n. It is based on previous work, but uses a somewhat different approach which takes advantage of the nature of the approximations used and incorporates experience gained in the ensuing period. The surfaces are defined for all x,y points and have continuous second partial derivatives.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *INTERPOLATION
• OPTIMIZATION
• WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS
• APPROXIMATION(MATHEMATICS)
• DATA REDUCTION
• COMPUTER GRAPHICS
• SUBROUTINES

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE