Re: Optimum spline problem

I'm trying to guess a good shape based on very sparce information. I thought
maybe there might be an optimization approach might allow for an improvement
in a shape over the "tinker-toy" approach I'm currently using.


In article <d4iief$ifo$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
spellucci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Spellucci) wrote:
>
>In article <8tvae.3161$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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