Curve Fitting, the Reliability of Inductive Inference, and the Error-Statistical Approach.

The main aim of this paper is to revisit the curve fitting problem using the reliability of inductive inference as a primary criterion for the 'fittest' curve. Viewed from this perspective, it is argued that a crucial concern with the current framework for addressing the curve fitting problem is, on...

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Publicado en:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 74; no. 5; pp. 1046 - 1067
Autor principal:	Spanos, Aris
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press Dec2007
Materias:	Curve fitting Graphic methods in statistics Statistical correlation Numerical analysis Smoothing (Numerical analysis)
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost