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Categories: Optimization algorithms and methods, Articles with short description, Least squares, Single-equation methods (econometrics)
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least squares  method of least squares  least squares method  least-squares  least-squares analysis
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The method of least squares is a standard approach in regression analysis to approximate the solution of overdetermined systems by minimizing the sum of the squares of the residuals made in the results of each individual equation. Wikipedia
Approximation method in statistics Wikidata
A method of fitting a straight line through a series of points such that the sum of the squares of the residuals is minimized. Wiktionary
IS A
statistical method
scientific method
regression analysis
PART OF
statistics
HAS KIND
instrumental variables estimation
non-linear least squares
HAS INSTANCE
ordinary least squares
CATEGORY DOMAIN
statistics
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Otto's encyclopedia
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Gauss
Adrien-Marie Legendre
STUDIED BY
regression analysis
approximation theory
USE
approximation
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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least squares, method of least squares
Wikipedia
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least squares
Wikidata
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least squares method
Wiktionary
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least squares
Wikipedia Redirections
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least-squares, least-squares analysis, Least-squares approximation, least-squares estimation, least-squares fit, Least-Squares Fitting, least-squares method, least-squares problem, Least Squares, least squares approximation, least squares fit, least squares fitting, least squares method, least squares problem, LSQF, method of least squares, Principle of least squares, Sum of Squared Error
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least-squares analysis, least-squares method, least squares, least squares analysis

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