generalized spline

  • 1Smoothing spline — The smoothing spline is a method of smoothing, or fitting a smooth curve to a set of noisy observations.DefinitionLet (x i,Y i); i=1,dots,n be a sequence of observations, modeled by the relation E(Y i) = mu(x i). The smoothing spline estimate… …

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  • 2Nonuniform rational B-spline — Non uniform rational B spline (NURBS) is a mathematical model commonly used in computer graphics for generating and representing curves and surfaces. History Development of NURBS (Non Uniform Rational Basis Spline) began in the 1950s by engineers …

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  • 3Non-uniform rational B-spline — Three dimensional NURBS surfaces can have complex, organic shapes. Control points influence the directions the surface takes. The outermost square below delineates the X/Y extents of the surface …

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  • 4List of numerical analysis topics — This is a list of numerical analysis topics, by Wikipedia page. Contents 1 General 2 Error 3 Elementary and special functions 4 Numerical linear algebra …

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  • 5Multivariate interpolation — In numerical analysis, multivariate interpolation or spatial interpolation is interpolation on functions of more than one variable. The function to be interpolated is known at given points and the interpolation problem consist of yielding values… …

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  • 6Subdivision surface — A subdivision surface, in the field of 3D computer graphics, is a method of representing a smooth surface via the specification of a coarser piecewise linear polygon mesh. The smooth surface can be calculated from the coarse mesh as the limit of… …

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  • 7List of statistics topics — Please add any Wikipedia articles related to statistics that are not already on this list.The Related changes link in the margin of this page (below search) leads to a list of the most recent changes to the articles listed below. To see the most… …

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  • 8Tikhonov regularization — Tikhonov regularization, named for Andrey Tikhonov, is the most commonly used method of regularization of ill posed problems. In statistics, the method is known as ridge regression, and, with multiple independent discoveries, it is also variously …

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  • 9Multivariate adaptive regression splines — (MARS) is a form of regression analysis introduced by Jerome Friedman in 1991.[1] It is a non parametric regression technique and can be seen as an extension of linear models that automatically models non linearities and interactions. The term… …

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  • 10Kriging — is a group of geostatistical techniques to interpolate the value of a random field (e.g., the elevation, z , of the landscape as a function of the geographic location) at an unobserved location from observations of its value at nearby locations.… …

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