样条(Spline)函数方法是1946年由Schoenberg提出的,但直至六十年代才引起广泛重视。七十年代以来,样条函数方法不仅已应用于飞机、船舶、汽车外型等所谓“雕塑部件“的设计,而且在有限元的模型函数构造和数据处理系统中都得到了广泛地应用。近年来,某些海洋国家也使用样条函数方法来处理调查资料,如美国国家海洋大气局(NOAA) The Spline method was proposed by Schoenberg in 1946, but did not attract much attention until the 1960s. Since the 1970s, the spline function method has not only been applied to the design of so-called “sculpture parts” such as aircraft, ship and car appearance, but also widely applied in the modeling and data processing system of finite element model. In recent years, some maritime countries also use spline function methods to process survey data such as NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)