Optimal Spline Method with Applications to Ship Classification and to Aircraft System Identification.

Abstract

This report describes a method for optimal placement of knots in a quadratic spline representation of nonlinear functions. Newton's gradient method is utilized to obtain quadratic convergence of knot locations. Applications to ship classification and to aircraft system identification are presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043947

Entities

People

  • Chan Park
  • Harold L. Stalford

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aspect Angle
  • Computer Programs
  • Corporations
  • Detection
  • Equations
  • High Angles
  • Identification
  • Jet Training Aircraft
  • Military Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Radar
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Roads
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Signal Processing

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  • Approximation Theory.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Operations Research