Re: Optimum spline problem


In article <8tvae.3161$JB.2248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John_W_Herman@xxxxxxxxx (John Herman) writes:
>I have a problem where I am trying to estimate the optimum shape of a line. I
>estimates of the radial distance from the end node to each of the other nodes
>and the tangent to the the curve at each point except the end node. The nodes
>are irregularily spaced but the maximum distance between nodes and the maximum
>distance from the end node are known exactly. What approach is best to use
>for this problem?

it is completely unclear to me what you want to "optimize".
the distance to the endpoint: which role should it play here
hth
peter
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