LEAST SQUARES


Meaning of LEAST SQUARES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun plural ]

Date: 1825

: a method of fitting a curve to a set of points representing statistical data in such a way that the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve is a minimum

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