ALL meanings of least squares
least square
L l - noun least squares a method of estimating values from a set of observations by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between the observations and the values to be found. 1
- noun plural least squares method of quantity estimation 1
- noun least squares a method for determining the best value of an unknown quantity relating one or more sets of observations or measurements, esp to find a curve that best fits a set of data. It states that the sum of the squares of the deviations of the experimentally determined value from its optimum value should be a minimum 0
- noun least squares a statistical method used to find the curve that most closely approximates a set of data: it is based on minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between expected and observed values of the data 0