least_squares_approximant


least_squares_approximant, an Octave code which finds a polynomial approximant to data using linear least squares (LLS).

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

least_squares_approximant is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version.

Related Data and Programs:

least_squares_approximant_test

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Reference:

  1. Kendall Atkinson,
    An Introduction to Numerical Analysis,
    Prentice Hall, 1989,
    ISBN: 0471624896,
    LC: QA297.A94.1989.
  2. Philip Davis,
    Interpolation and Approximation,
    Dover, 1975,
    ISBN: 0-486-62495-1,
    LC: QA221.D33
  3. David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
    Numerical Methods and Software,
    Prentice Hall, 1989,
    ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
    LC: TA345.K34.

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Last modified on 05 June 2023.