llsq


llsq, a FORTRAN90 code which solves the simple linear least squares (LLS) problem of finding the formula of a straight line y=a*x or y=a*x+b which minimizes the root-mean-square error to a set of N data points.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

llsq is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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llsq_test

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Reference:

  1. David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
    Numerical Methods and Software,
    Prentice Hall, 1989,
    ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
    LC: TA345.K34.

Source Code:


Last revised on 28 July 2020.