Solving the 'Inverse' Problem in Terrain Modeling

Abstract

In the computer simulation of combat over a specific geographical area, the terrain is typically represented using sets of isolated, measured terrain altitudes. The 'inverse' problem is to construct in closed form a smooth surface function that matches these measured values to within a prescribed tolerance. If such a surface could be defined, then at any point on the simulated battlefield, both the terrain altitude and the slope of the terrain in any direction could be obtained simply by evaluating

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285860

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People

  • Joseph K. Wald

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  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Algorithms
  • Altitude
  • Army
  • Combat Simulations
  • Commerce
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Grids
  • Iterations
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Records Management
  • Simulations
  • United States
  • Warfare

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