Least+quantity

  • 11least — [[t]list[/t]] adj. a superl. of little with less or lesser as compar. 1) smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: to pay the least amount of attention[/ex] 2) lowest in consideration, position, or importance 3) something that is least;… …

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  • 12least squares — noun 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 • Syn: ↑method of least squares • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑statistical method, ↑statistical procedure… …

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  • 13Least square — Square Square (skw[^a]r), n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. [ e]querre a carpenter s square (cf. It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadrant}, {Squad},… …

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  • 14Least publishable unit — In academic publishing, the least publishable unit (LPU), also smallest publishable unit (SPU) or minimum publishable unit (MPU), colloquially publon the smallest measurable quantum of publication, is the minimum amount of information that can… …

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  • 15least squares approximation — ▪ statistics       in statistics, a method for estimating the true value of some quantity based on a consideration of errors (error) in observations or measurements. In particular, the line (function) that minimizes the sum of the squared… …

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  • 16least squares — noun a method of estimating a quantity or fitting a graph to data so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the differences between the observed values and the estimated values …

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  • 17Ordinary least squares — This article is about the statistical properties of unweighted linear regression analysis. For more general regression analysis, see regression analysis. For linear regression on a single variable, see simple linear regression. For the… …

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  • 18Linear least squares (mathematics) — This article is about the mathematics that underlie curve fitting using linear least squares. For statistical regression analysis using least squares, see linear regression. For linear regression on a single variable, see simple linear regression …

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  • 19Linear least squares — is an important computational problem, that arises primarily in applications when it is desired to fit a linear mathematical model to measurements obtained from experiments. The goals of linear least squares are to extract predictions from the… …

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  • 20Linear least squares/Proposed — Linear least squares is an important computational problem, that arises primarily in applications when it is desired to fit a linear mathematical model to observations obtained from experiments. Mathematically, it can be stated as the problem of… …

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