Moving least squares

H. Noguchi and G. Gompper, Meshless membrane model based on the moving least-squares method, Phys. Rev. E 73, 021903 (2006). 

G.C. Maisuradze, et al.. Interpolating moving least-squares methods for fitting potential energy surfaces Detailed analysis of one-dimensional applications, /. Chem. Phys. 119 (19) (2003) 10002-10014. 

This type of approximation originates in data fitting. In the moving least square (MLS) method, the following approximation form is used [4] ... 

B(x). Here, superscript k denotes the order of the polynomial basis. The lowest order form of the moving least square, i.e., for = 0, is called the Shepard function... 

Collocation methods, which are used in SPH, generalized finite difference, and moving least square methods. 

Fleishman, S., Cohen-Or, D. Silva, C. (2005). Robust moving least-squares fitting with sharp features, ACM Siggraph, pp. 544—552. 

Mederos, B., Velho, L. de Figueiredo, L. H. (2003). Moving least squares multiresolution... 

Nealen, A. (2004.). An as-short-as-possible introduction to the least squares, weighted least squares and moving least squares methods for scattered data approximation and interpolation. Technical Report, TU Darmstadt. 

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