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In this chapter we will study the least-squares method. The least-squares principle was invented by Karl Gauss at the end of the eighteenth century for determining the orbits of planets. Since then this method has become a major tool for parameter estimation using experimental data. Most existing parametric identification methods can be related to the least-squares method. The method is easy to comprehend and, due to the existence of a closed solution, it is also easy to implement. The least-squares method is also called linear regression (in statistical literature) and equation error method (in identification literature).
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Zhu, Y., Backx, T. (1993). Identification by the Least-Squares Method. In: Identification of Multivariable Industrial Processes. Advances in Industrial Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2058-2_4
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