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Multistep interpolation of scattered data by compactly supported radial basis functions requires hierarchical subsets of the data. This paper analyzes thinning algorithms for generating evenly distributed subsets of scattered data in a given domain in ℝd.
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Floater, M.S., Iske, A. Thinning algorithms for scattered data interpolation. Bit Numer Math 38, 705–720 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02510410
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