Title
Optimality Conditions for Constrained Least-Squares Fitting of Circles, Cylinders, and Spheres to Establish Datums
Abstract
This paper addresses the combinatorial characterizations of the optimality conditions for constrained least-squares fitting of circles, cylinders, and spheres to a set of input points. It is shown that the necessary condition for optimization requires contacting at least two input points. It is also shown that there exist cases where the optimal condition is achieved while contacting only two input points. These problems arise in digital manufacturing, where one is confronted with the task of processing a (potentially large) number of points with three-dimensional coordinates to establish datums on manufactured parts. The optimality conditions reported in this paper provide the necessary conditions to verify if a candidate solution is feasible, and to design new algorithms to compute globally optimal solutions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1115/1.4039583
JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
18
SP3
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1530-9827
1
0.40
References 
Authors
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Craig Shakarji111.41
Vijay Srinivasan211613.20