A rational cubic spline for the visualization of monotonic data: An alternate approach

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-121

  Sarfraz, M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Data visualization; Interpolation; Monotone; Rational spline; Shape preserving

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; SPLINES;

CUBIC SPLINE;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0037309292     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0097-8493(02)00249-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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