Hjelmervik Jon M, Barrowclough Oliver J D
IEEE Comput Graph Appl. 2016 May-Jun;36(3):6-9. doi: 10.1109/MCG.2016.53.
Although splines have been in popular use in CAD for more than half a century, spline research is still an active field, driven by the challenges we are facing today within isogeometric analysis and big data. Splines are likely to play a vital future role in enabling effective big data exploration techniques in 3D, 4D, and beyond.
尽管样条曲线在计算机辅助设计（CAD）中已广泛应用了半个多世纪，但受当今等几何分析和大数据领域所面临挑战的推动，样条曲线研究仍是一个活跃的领域。样条曲线很可能在未来发挥至关重要的作用，助力实现3D、4D及更复杂场景下有效的大数据探索技术。
