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by G. A. Gerhold, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95606

This program calculates the best set of coefficients in a linear equation by minimization of the weighted sum of squares of residuals of all variables. In contrast, the conventional least-squares method minimizes the sum of squares of the residuals of only the dependent variable.

FORTRAN IV and MAP (The matrix inversion routine is in MAP.) Lines of Code: 782 Recommended Citation: G. A. Gerhold, QCPE 11, 115 (1968).