In this paper we present an efficient algorithm for bivariate interpolation,
which is based on the use of the partition of unity method for constructing a
global interpolant. It is obtained by combining local radial basis function
interpolants with locally supported weight functions. In particular, this
interpolation scheme is characterized by the construction of a suitable
partition of the domain in cells so that the cell structure strictly depends on
the dimension of its subdomains. This fact allows us to construct an efficient
cell-based searching procedure, which provides a significant reduction of CPU
times. Complexity analysis and numerical results show such improvements on the
algorithm performances
