Numerical Methods of Curve Fitting (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Single Variables: 1. General theory for a single variable; 2. The normal distribution; 3. Some statistical tests; 4. Discrete distributions; Part II. Regression Theory and the Straight Line: 5. Regression curves and functional relationship; 6. The straight line; Part III. Polynomials and Other Curves: 7. Estimation of polynomial coefficients; 8. Standard deviations of the estimates; 9. The grouping of observations; 10. Functions which are not polynomials; 11. General regression and functional relationship problems in several variables; 12. Further illustrative examples; Bibliography; Index.