This classic work continues to offer a comprehensive treatment of the theory of univariate and tensor-product splines. It will be of interest to researchers and students working in applied analysis, ...

In the days before computers and computer-aided design, draftsmen wanting to draw a "fair" curve through prescribed points would use a spline, a thin rod made of some flexible material such as bamboo.

The splines, grooves, or tongues are machined along the length of the shaft. They mate with a female-splined bore, gear, bearing, or other mating component. They transfer rotary motion in rotary drive ...

The Friedman function is used for modeling computer outputs. Friedman, J. H. (1991). Multivariate adaptive regression splines. The annals of statistics, 19(1), 1-67 ...