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The method of least squares was first developed by LEGENDRE and GAUSS. In the simplest case it consists of the following prescription:
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For simplicity of notation we no longer write random variables with a special character type. From context it will always be evident which variables are random.
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Brandt, S. (2014). The Method of Least Squares. In: Data Analysis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03762-2_9
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