Curve Fitting and Forecasting
Curve fitting is a statistical method for finding a relationship between two variables, x and y. Based on this relationship, you can estimate new values of y based on a given
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*The exponential, logarithmic, and power models are calculated using transformations that allow the data to be fitted by standard linear regression. The equations for these transformations appear in appendix B. The logarithmic model requires positive
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