The method of least squares: the principal tool for reducing the influence of errors when fitting models to given observations.

The method of least squares, discovered by Gauss in 1795, is a principal tool for reducing the influence of errors when fitting a mathematical model to given ob

This Classic edition includes a new appendix which summarizes the major developments since the book was originally published in 1974. The additions are organize

This is the first book devoted entirely to total least squares. The authors give a unified presentation of the TLS problem. A description of its basic principle