Pyramid algorithms :: a dynamic programming approach to curves and surfaces for geometric modeling /

Pyramid Algorithms presents a unique approach to understanding, analyzing, and computing the most common polynomial and spline curve and surface schemes used in computer-aided geometric design, employing a dynamic programming method based on recursive pyramids. The recursive pyramid approach offers...

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Main Author: Goldman, Ron, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ©2003.
Series:Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics and geometric modeling.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Pyramid Algorithms presents a unique approach to understanding, analyzing, and computing the most common polynomial and spline curve and surface schemes used in computer-aided geometric design, employing a dynamic programming method based on recursive pyramids. The recursive pyramid approach offers the distinct advantage of revealing the entire structure of algorithms, as well as relationships between them, at a glance. This book-the only one built around this approach-is certain to change the way you think about CAGD and the way you perform it, and all it requires is a basic background in calculus and linear algebra, and simple programming skills. * Written by one of the world's most eminent CAGD researchers * Designed for use as both a professional reference and a textbook, and addressed to computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, theoreticians, and students alike * Includes chapters on Bezier curves and surfaces, B-splines, blossoming, and multi-sided Bezier patches * Relies on an easily understood notation, and concludes each section with both practical and theoretical exercises that enhance and elaborate upon the discussion in the text * Foreword by Professor Helmut Pottmann, Vienna University of Technology.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 551 pages :)
ISBN:1558603549
9781558603547
0080515479
9780080515472
1281078018
9781281078018
9786611078010
6611078010

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