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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Least squares, Optimization algorithms and methods, 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