optimize() {

		// (0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0) --> (0,0,1,1,0,0)

		// times or values may be shared with other tracks, so overwriting is unsafe
		const times = this.times.slice(),
			values = this.values.slice(),
			stride = this.getValueSize(),

			smoothInterpolation = this.getInterpolation() === InterpolateSmooth,

			lastIndex = times.length - 1;

		let writeIndex = 1;

		for ( let i = 1; i < lastIndex; ++ i ) {

			let keep = false;

			const time = times[ i ];
			const timeNext = times[ i + 1 ];

			// remove adjacent keyframes scheduled at the same time

			if ( time !== timeNext && ( i !== 1 || time !== times[ 0 ] ) ) {

				if ( ! smoothInterpolation ) {

					// remove unnecessary keyframes same as their neighbors

					const offset = i * stride,
						offsetP = offset - stride,
						offsetN = offset + stride;

					for ( let j = 0; j !== stride; ++ j ) {

						const value = values[ offset + j ];

						if ( value !== values[ offsetP + j ] ||
							value !== values[ offsetN + j ] ) {

							keep = true;
							break;

						}

					}

				} else {

					keep = true;

				}

			}

			// in-place compaction

			if ( keep ) {

				if ( i !== writeIndex ) {

					times[ writeIndex ] = times[ i ];

					const readOffset = i * stride,
						writeOffset = writeIndex * stride;

					for ( let j = 0; j !== stride; ++ j ) {

						values[ writeOffset + j ] = values[ readOffset + j ];

					}

				}

				++ writeIndex;

			}

		}

		// flush last keyframe (compaction looks ahead)

		if ( lastIndex > 0 ) {

			times[ writeIndex ] = times[ lastIndex ];

			for ( let readOffset = lastIndex * stride, writeOffset = writeIndex * stride, j = 0; j !== stride; ++ j ) {

				values[ writeOffset + j ] = values[ readOffset + j ];

			}

			++ writeIndex;

		}

		if ( writeIndex !== times.length ) {

			this.times = times.slice( 0, writeIndex );
			this.values = values.slice( 0, writeIndex * stride );

		} else {

			this.times = times;
			this.values = values;

		}

		return this;

	}
Optimizes this keyframe track by removing equivalent sequential keys (which are
common in morph target sequences).

@return {AnimationClip} A reference to this animation clip.