Other approaches

Mesh editing with Poisson-based gradient field manipulation. Y.Yu et al. SIGGRAPH 2004
Bounded Biharmonic Weights for Real-Time Deform. A. Jacobson et al. SIGGRAPH 2011
Linear Rotation-invariant Coordinates for Meshes. Y. Lipman et al. SIGGRAPH 2005
Harmonic Guidance for Surface Deformation. R. Zayer et al. EG 2005
On Linear Variational Surface Deformation Methods. M. Botsch and O. Sorkine. TVCG 2008
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