On ``pre-historic linear programming and the figure of the Earth

DOI10.1007/s10957-017-1165-5zbMath1384.90002OpenAlexW2754758084MaRDI QIDQ1682983

Richard W. Cottle

Publication date: 6 December 2017

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-017-1165-5

zbMATH Keywords

least squaresgeodesyLaplaceregression lineshape of the Earthminimizing errors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear regression; mixed models (62J05) Linear programming (90C05) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of statistics (62-03) History of operations research and mathematical programming (90-03)

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