Least-squares line fitting: Difference between revisions
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<jsxgraph width="600" height="600">  | <jsxgraph width="600" height="600">  | ||
var brd = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('jxgbox',{boundingbox:[-5,5,5,-5], keepaspectratio:true, axis:true});  | var brd = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('jxgbox',{boundingbox:[-5,5,5,-5], keepaspectratio:true, axis:true});  | ||
var i, p = [], angle, xr, yr, delta =   | var i, p = [], angle, xr, yr, delta = 0.1;  | ||
// Random points are constructed which lie roughly on a line  | // Random points are constructed which lie roughly on a line  | ||
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brd.suspendUpdate();  | brd.suspendUpdate();  | ||
for (i=0;i<5;i++) {  | for (i=0;i<5;i++) {  | ||
   yr = 10*(Math.random()-0.5);  | |||
   xr = 0.*xr+delta*(Math.random()-0.5) +1.0;  | |||
   p.push(brd.create('point',[xr, yr], {withLabel:false}));  |    p.push(brd.create('point',[xr, yr], {withLabel:false}));  | ||
}  | }  | ||
Revision as of 11:15, 7 November 2010
This little JXSGraph application finds the line - described by homogeneous coordinates [a,b,c] - that minimizes
- [math]\displaystyle{ \sum_{i=1}^n (ax_i+by_i+cz_i)^2. }[/math]
 
Coming soon...