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Estimating the Exponential Growth Function by Direct Least Squares: A Comment
Author(s) -
Michelini C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2346282
Subject(s) - exponential function , exponential growth , mathematics , least squares function approximation , function (biology) , statistics , mathematical analysis , biology , evolutionary biology , estimator
Summary In a paper on the estimation of the exponential growth function by direct least squares, Oliver (1970) uses an iterative procedure based on a Taylor series expansion. An alternative procedure is suggested.