The Philosophy Behind Curve-Fitting

The Philosophy Behind Curve-Fitting, Least-Squares Curve Fitting, Curve-Fitting with Polynomials: the polyfit Function, Curve-Fitting with Functions Other than Polynomials.

Books:  

Introduction to Numerical Methods by Peter A. Sark, The Macmillan Company, Collier-Macmillan Limited, London (1970). Chapter 08 Pages 312-324

MATLAB® An Introduction with Applications by Amos Gilat, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2011) Chapters: 08, Pages: 267-271