@article {pub2564,
	title = {On Shape Deformation Techniques for Simulation-based Design Optimization},
	author = {Daniel Sieger AND Stefan Menzel AND Mario Botsch},
	year = {2015},
	month = {May},
	abstract = {We present an in-depth analysis and benchmark of shape deformation techniques for their use in simulation-based design optimization scenarios. We first introduce classical free-form deformation, its direct manipulation variant, as well as deformations based on radial basis functions. We compare these techniques in a set of representative synthetic benchmarks, including computational performance, numerical robustness, quality, and adaptivity. Finally, we investigate the performance of the techniques in an important application scenario: morphing an existing volumetric simulation mesh in accordance to a modified surface mesh in order to avoid costly re-meshing.
},
	publisher = {Springer, LNCS, LNAI, LNBI},
	journal = {New Challenges in Grid Generation and Adaptivity for Scientific Computing},
	editor = {Simona Perotto, Luca Formaggia},
	pages = {281-303},
	series = {SEMA SIMAI Springer Series}
}