BibTeX
@ARTICLE{
         Birk2018Rgo,
       title = "Robust generation of constrained {B}-spline curves based on automatic differentiation
         and fairness optimization",
       journal = "Computer Aided Geometric Design",
       volume = "59",
       pages = "49--67",
       year = "2018",
       issn = "0167-8396",
       doi = "10.1016/j.cagd.2017.11.005",
       url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167839617301474",
       author = "Lothar Birk and T. Luke McCulloch",
       keywords = "Form parameter design, Fairness optimization, Automatic differentiation, B-spline,
         Python",
       abstract = "This paper details the use of automatic differentiation in form parameter driven
         curve design by constrained optimization. Computer aided design, computer aided engineering
         (CAD/CAE), and particularly computer aided ship hull design (CASHD) are typically implemented as
         interactive processes in which the user obtains desired shapes by manipulation of control vertices.
         A fair amount of trial and error is needed to achieve the desired properties. In the variational
         form parameter approach taken here, the system computes vertices so that the resulting curve meets
         the specifications and is optimized with respect to a fairness criteria. Implementation of curve
         design as an optimization problem requires extensive derivative calculations. The paper illustrates
         how the programming burden can be eased through the use of automatic differentiation techniques. A
         variational curve design framework has been implemented in Python, and applications to CASHD curve
         design are shown. The new method is robust and allows great flexibility in the selection of
         constraints. Offsets, tangents, and curvature may be imposed anywhere along the curve. Form
         parameters may also be used to define straight segments within a curve, require the curve to enclose
         specified forms, or specify relationships between curve properties.",
       ad_area = "Computer Aided Geometric Design"
}