Curvature and the Fairness of Curves and Surfaces

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 52-57

  Farin, Gerald ^a   Sapidis, Nickolas ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; OPTIMIZATION;

CAD/CAM SYSTEM; CUBIC SPLINE CURVES; CURVATURE PLOTS; CURVE FAIRING METHODS;

SURFACES;

EID: 0024627548     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/38.19051     Document Type: Article

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