In a Nutshell. . .Fitting a Model to Data: Least Squares Formulation
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The predictive capability central to engineering science and design is provided both by mathematical models and by experimental measurements. In practice models and measurements best serve in tandem: the models can be informed by experiment; and the experiments can be guided by the models. In this nutshell we consider perhaps the most common approach to the integration of models and data: fitting a model to data by least-squares minimization of misfit. In this nutshell we consider the following topics:
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