On the least-squares method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 239-257

  Jiang, Bo Nan ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

BOUNDED INVERSE THEOREM; STOKES EQUATIONS;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 0031675923     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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