Some pitfalls in curve-fitting and how to avoid them: A case in point

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 157-173

  Shrager, Richard I ^a   Hendler, Richard W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Degree of error; Independence of parameters; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; ERROR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; KINETICS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031801007     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-022X(98)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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