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by mbustamanter·3y ago·view on hn ↗
Interesting, do you have a source where I can get deeper into the application of splines to reilroads? Specifically, how to arrive at the jerk minimization problem. All things railroads are too descriptive with little engineering/physics formulas.
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There are tons of papers and research on this topic. Here's just one review of some of the various approaches that have been used.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341476435_Railway_T...

chapter 3.2 has a good explanation of it all. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/22800/chapter/3