Concept information
Preferred term
spline
Definition
- A spline is a type of function used to replicate smooth curves. It has been adopted from numerical analysis, a branch of mathematics, for a variety of applications in geographic information science (GISci), from the graphical representation of curvilinear features to the interpolation of sampled attributes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Spline]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/spline
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