Research Article
Hybrid Functional-Neural Approach for Surface Reconstruction
Table 2
Comparison of the proposed method with other alternative methods based on neural networks for the surface reconstruction problem.
| | Author, year, and reference | Data parameterization | Method used | Surface fitting | Method used | NURBS supported? |
| | Hoffmann and Várady (1998) [70] | | Kohonen neural network | | | |
| | Yu (1999) [49] | | Kohonen neural network | | Polygonal mesh (edge swap) | |
| Hoffmann (1999) [77]
| | Modified Kohonen neural network | | | |
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Barhak and Fischer (2001) [71] | | (i) Kohonen neural network
(ii) Partial differential equations (PDE) | | (i) Gradient descent algorithm (GDA)
(ii) Random surface error correction (RSEC) | |
| | Iglesias et al. (2004) [4] | | | | Tensor-product functional network | |
| | Gálvez et al. (2007) [8] | | Genetic algorithms | | Functional network | |
| | This method (2013) | | Kohonen neural network | | NURBS functional network | |
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