Least Squares

WIP Brief

(Strang 2006)

Least squares is a method of solving a system of linear equations that
is overdetermined, i.e. there are more equations than unkowns. The
system is modeled as the m by n matrix, the unknowns represented n by
1 column vector x, and the observations as an m by 1 column
vector. The least squares fit finds determines the optimum vector x
that solves the equation Ax = b.

References

Strang, Gilbert. 2006. Linear Algebra and Its Applications. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, Inc.