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Definition of Least squares

Least squares
Least Least, a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l?sast, l?sest, superl. of l?ssa less. See Less, a.] [Used as the superlative of little.] Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space. Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun. I am the least of the apostles. --1 Cor. xv. 9. At least, or At the least, at the least estimate, consideration, chance, etc.; hence, at any rate; at all events; even. See However. He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses The tempted with dishonor. --Milton. Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he were a man, who sat as on horseback. --Sir P. Sidney. In least, or In the least, in the least degree, manner, etc. ``He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.' --Luke xvi. 10. Least squares (Math.), a method of deducing from a number of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown quantities. Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most probable values are those which make the sum of the squares of the residual errors of the observation a minimum.

Meaning of Least square from wikipedia

- the method of least squares is a standard approach to the approximate solution of overdetermined system s, i.e., sets of equations in
- in statistics , ordinary least squares (ols) or linear least squares is a method for estimating the unknown parameters in a linear
- in statistics and mathematics , linear least squares is an approach fitting a mathematical or statistical model to data in cases where
- in statistics , generalized least squares (gls) is a technique for estimating the unknown parameter s in a linear regression model.
- total least squares, also known as errors in variables, rigorous least squares, or (in a special case) orthogonal regression, is a least
- non-linear least squares is the form of least squares analysis which is used to fit a set of m observations with a model that is non-linear
- least-squares spectral analysis (lssa) is a method of estimating a frequency spectrum , based on a least squares fit of sinusoid s to data
- linear least squares, is one of the mathematics/statistical problem solving methods, using least squares algorithmic technique to increase
- the recursive least squares (rls) adaptive filter is an algorithm which recursively finds the filter coefficients that minimize a weighted
- partial least squares regression (pls regression) is a statistical method that bears some relation to principal components regression ;