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// leastsqs.h -- Implements a simple linear least squares best fit routine
//
// Written by Curtis Olson, started September 1997.
//
// Copyright (C) 1997 Curtis L. Olson - curt@infoplane.com
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
//
// $Id$
///
#ifndef _LEASTSQS_H
#define _LEASTSQS_H
#ifndef __cplusplus
# error This library requires C++
#endif
/*
Least squares fit:
y = b0 + b1x
n*sum(xi*yi) - (sum(xi)*sum(yi))
b1 = --------------------------------
n*sum(xi^2) - (sum(xi))^2
b0 = sum(yi)/n - b1*(sum(xi)/n)
*/
void least_squares(double *x, double *y, int n, double *m, double *b);
/* incrimentally update existing values with a new data point */
void least_squares_update(double x, double y, double *m, double *b);
/*
return the least squares error:
(y[i] - y_hat[i])^2
-------------------
n
*/
double least_squares_error(double *x, double *y, int n, double m, double b);
/*
return the maximum least squares error:
(y[i] - y_hat[i])^2
*/
double least_squares_max_error(double *x, double *y, int n, double m, double b);
#endif // _LEASTSQS_H