Least-Squares Fitting Algorithms of the NIST Algorithm Testing System

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 633-641

  Shakarji, Craig M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NIST Mfg Engineering Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring machine; Curve fitting; Least squares fitting; Levenberg Marquardt; Orthogonal distance regression; Surface fitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041344867     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.103.043     Document Type: Article

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