curve fitting
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Origin of curve fitting
First recorded in 1920–25
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Müller, H. G. Weighted local regression and kernel methods for nonparametric curve fitting.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
The one thing they seem to have in common is methodological flaws like cherry picking, curve fitting, ignoring inconvenient data, and disregarding known physics.”
From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2015
Numerical calculus: approximations, interpolation, finite differences, numerical integration and curve fitting.
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