Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:mathematical_concept
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| gptkbp:application |
Time series analysis
Curve fitting Econometrics Parameter estimation Physics experiments |
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
Overdetermined systems
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| gptkbp:assumes |
Errors are independent
Errors are normally distributed Errors have constant variance |
| gptkbp:category |
Numerical analysis
Estimation theory |
| gptkbp:form |
minimize sum of squared differences between observed and predicted values
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Method of Least Squares
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| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkb:Adrien-Marie_Legendre |
| gptkbp:introducedIn |
1805
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| gptkbp:output |
Best-fit parameters
Fitted model Residuals |
| gptkbp:purpose |
Minimize sum of squared residuals
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Linear_regression
gptkb:Ordinary_least_squares Generalized least squares Nonlinear least squares Weighted least squares |
| gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:signal_processing
gptkb:Regression_analysis Statistics Machine learning Data fitting |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Johann_Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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