In this paper, we suppose that a density of probability f is expressed as a finite linear combination of second order B-spline functions. Then, we obtain a finite mixture of B-spline. We extend the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm in order to estimate the new mixture density. The experiments show that the proposed estimator using B-spline functions can produce a satisfactory estimation o...

Non-uniform B-spline dictionaries on a compact interval are discussed. For each given partition, dictionaries of B-spline functions for the corresponding spline space are constructed. It is asserted that, by dividing the given partition into subpartitions and joining together the bases for the concomitant subspaces, slightly redundant dictionaries of Bsplines functions are obtained. Such dictio...

A prescription for constructing dictionaries for cardinal spline spaces on a compact interval is provided. It is proved that such spaces can be spanned by dictionaries which are built by translating a prototype B-spline function of fixed support into the knots of the required cardinal spline space. This implies that cardinal spline spaces on a compact interval can be spanned by dictionaries of ...

In this paper results from a forthcoming paper are presented concerning the convexity of multivariate spline functions built from B patches Conditions are given under which it is possible to de ne a control net for such spline functions The control net is understood as a piecewise linear function If it is convex then so is the underlying spline

The usefulness of fuzzy input fuzzy output functions and their interpolation/approximation by different operators in fuzzy control motivate their deeper theoretical study. We obtain some properties of fuzzy B-spline series such as variation and uncertainty diminishing property. We also propose spline approximation of fuzzy input fuzzy output functions. Key–Words: Fuzzy numbers, Fuzzy splines, A...

This paper describes a fast algorithm for scattered data interpolation and approximation. Multilevel B-splines are introduced to compute a C 2 -continuous surface through a set of irregularly spaced points. The algorithm makes use of a coarse-tofine hierarchy of control lattices to generate a sequence of bicubic B-spline functions whose sum approaches the desired interpolation function. Large p...

Using new properties of dual functions, we show that the method of constructing the dual bases recently presented in [P. Woźny, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 245 (2013), 75–85] can be significantly simplified. Next, we propose a simple algorithm of constructing the dual B-spline functions, which can be useful in solving some approximation problems related to numerical analysis or computer graphics.

The use of polynomial functions to describe the average growth trajectory and covariance functions of Nellore and MA (21/32 Charolais+11/32 Nellore) young bulls in performance tests was studied. The average growth trajectories and additive genetic and permanent environmental covariance functions were fit with Legendre (linear through quintic) and quadratic B-spline (with two to four intervals) ...