Fragment-based Evaluation of Non-Uniform B-spline Surfaces on GPUs

Computer-Aided Design and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 287-294

  Kanai, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

B spline basis function; Floating point texture; Fragment program; GPU; Knot interval; Non uniform B spline surface

Indexed keywords

B-SPLINE BASIS FUNCTIONS; FLOATING POINT TEXTURES; FRAGMENT PROGRAMS; KNOT INTERVALS; NON-UNIFORM B-SPLINE SURFACES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; GRAPHIC METHODS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250737802     PISSN: 16864360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16864360.2007.10738549     Document Type: Article

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