Algorithm 716: TSPACK: Tension Spline Curve-Fitting Package

Abstract

The primary purpose of TSPACK is to construct a smooth function which interpolates a discrete set of data points. The function may be required to have either one or two continuous derivatives. If the accuracy of the data does not warrant interpolation, a smoothing function 1993 may be constructed instead. The fitting method is designed to avoid extraneous inflection points (associated with rapidly varying data values) and preserve local shape properties of the data (monotonicity and convexity), or to satisfy the more general constraints of bounds on function values or first derivatives. The package also provides a parametric representation for construction general planar curves and space curves. © 1993, ACM. All rights reserved.