Least Squares Synonyms

A method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. method of least squares

Words Related to Least Squares

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. gaussians
  2. least-square
  3. gaussian
  4. b-spline
  5. interpolant
  6. parametric
  7. b-splines
  8. fourth-order

Least Squares Sentence Examples

  • Upon these follow special methods of induction applicable to quantity, viz., the method of curves, the method of means, the method of least squares and the method of residues, and special methods depending on resemblance (to which the transition is made through the law of continuity), viz.

  • This may be done by fitting the offset model through sample points using least squares regression fitting.

  • To get them for the starting model for the least squares do zero cycles.

  • In 1806 appeared Legendre's Nouvelles Methodes pour la determination des orbites des cometes, which is memorable as containing the first published suggestion of the method of least squares (see Probability).

  • Thus, although the method of least squares was first formally proposed by Legendre, the theory and algorithm and mathematical foundation of the process are due to Gauss and Laplace.

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