A Procedure for Finding the Coefficients of the Best Fitting Second and Third Degree Polynomials by Application of the Method of Least Squares

1967 ◽  
Vol 21 (99) ◽  
pp. 514
Author(s):  
Roy H. Wampler ◽  
Asko Visapaa
2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
pp. 1043-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gábor Várhegyi ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Øyvind Skreiberg

AbstractThe isoconversional (or model-free) methods cannot provide meaningful kinetic description for most samples in thermal analysis. Nevertheless, they can serve as empirical models. A usable empirical model should describe well the observed data and should be suitable for predictions, too. For this purpose, the functions in the isoconversional kinetic equation were parametrized, and the parameters were determined by the method of least squares. This procedure ensures that the data calculated from the model would be close to the experimental data. The present work supplemented a preceding work of Várhegyi (Energy and Fuels 33:2348–2358, 2019) by further considerations and by various evaluations on the TGA curves of a wood sample. The prediction capabilities of the models were also tested. It was found that an evaluation based on three experiments with constant heating rates could predict well two further experiments with stepwise temperature programs. Furthermore, a modification of the model was proposed and examined. The aim of this modification was to improve the fit quality without increasing the number of parameters in the least-squares procedure.


2020 ◽  
pp. 60-73
Author(s):  
Yu V Nemirovskii ◽  
S V Tikhonov

The work considers rods with a constant cross-section. The deformation law of each layer of the rod is adopted as an approximation by a polynomial of the second order. The method of determining the coefficients of the indicated polynomial and the limit deformations under compression and tension of the material of each layer is described with the presence of three traditional characteristics: modulus of elasticity, limit stresses at compression and tension. On the basis of deformation diagrams of the concrete grades B10, B30, B50 under tension and compression, these coefficients are determined by the method of least squares. The deformation diagrams of these concrete grades are compared on the basis of the approximations obtained by the limit values and the method of least squares, and it is found that these diagrams approximate quite well the real deformation diagrams at deformations close to the limit. The main problem in this work is to determine if the rod is able withstand the applied loads, before intensive cracking processes in concrete. So as a criterion of the conditional limit state this work adopts the maximum permissible deformation value under tension or compression corresponding to the points of transition to a falling branch on the deformation diagram level in one or more layers of the rod. The Kirchhoff-Lyav classical kinematic hypotheses are assumed to be valid for the rod deformation. The cases of statically determinable and statically indeterminable problems of bend of the rod are considered. It is shown that in the case of statically determinable loadings, the general solution of the problem comes to solving a system of three nonlinear algebraic equations which roots can be obtained with the necessary accuracy using the well-developed methods of computational mathematics. The general solution of the problem for statically indeterminable problems is reduced to obtaining a solution to a system of three nonlinear differential equations for three functions - deformation and curvatures. The Bubnov-Galerkin method is used to approximate the solution of this equation on the segment along the length of the rod, and specific examples of its application to the Maple system of symbolic calculations are considered.


1995 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 1815-1829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír Jakeš

The problem of finding a relaxation time spectrum best fitting dynamic moduli data in the least-squares sense is shown to be well-posed and to yield a discrete spectrum, provided the data cannot be fitted exactly, i.e., without any deviation of data and calculated values. Properties of the resulting spectrum are discussed. Examples of discrete spectra obtained from simulated literature data and experimental literature data on polymers are given. The problem of smoothing discrete spectra when continuous ones are expected is discussed. A detailed study of an integral transform inversion under the non-negativity constraint is given in Appendix.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-191
Author(s):  
Brad Lowery ◽  
Abigail Slater ◽  
Kaison Thies

AbstractIn this paper, we present a new model for ranking sports teams. Our model uses all scoring data from all games to produce a functional rating by the method of least squares. The functional rating can be interpreted as a team average point differential adjusted for strength of schedule. Using two team’s functional ratings we can predict the expected point differential at any time in the game. We looked at three variations of our model accounting for home-court advantage in different ways. We use the 2018–2019 NCAA Division 1 men’s college basketball season to test the models and determined that home-court advantage is statistically important but does not differ between teams.


Nature ◽  
1872 ◽  
Vol 6 (136) ◽  
pp. 101-102
Author(s):  
ASAPH HALL

Nature ◽  
1872 ◽  
Vol 6 (138) ◽  
pp. 140-141
Author(s):  
J. W. L. GLAISHER

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