least squares method
approximation method in statistics
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Summary
least squares method is a scientific method[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of scientific method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,080 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Adrien-Marie Legendre[3], Carl Friedrich Gauss[4]
- Subclass of: regression analysis[5]
- Part of: statistics[6]
- Has use: approximation[7]
- Commons category: Least squares[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Least squares[9]
- Described by source: The Elements of Statistical Learning[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Otto's encyclopedia[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[14]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://mathoverflow.net/tags/least-squares[15], https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/least-squares[16], https://stats.stackexchange.com/tags/least-squares[17], https://dsp.stackexchange.com/tags/least-squares[18], https://scicomp.stackexchange.com/tags/least-squares[19]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C94919[20]
- Uses: minimization[21]
- Studied by: regression analysis[22], approximation theory[23]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[24]
- P14541: 29cvpR[25]
Why It Matters
least squares method has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]