Optimization of inverse snyder polyhedral projection

Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Cyberworlds, Cyberworlds 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 136-143

  Harrison, Erika ^a   Mahdavi Amiri, Ali ^a   Samavati, Faramarz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

equal area; optimization; projection

Indexed keywords

3D ANALYSIS; CLOSED FORM; EQUAL AREA; ITERATIVE ROOTS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PROJECTION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SPHERES; VISUALIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 83355167094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CW.2011.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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