nonlinear regression

collocation in English

meaningsofnonlinearandregression

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nonlinear
adjective
uk
/ˌnɒnˈlɪn.i.ər/us
/ˌnɑːnˈlɪn.i.ɚ/
not consisting of or relating ...
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regression
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈɡreʃ.ən/us
/rɪˈɡreʃ.ən/
formal
a return to a previous and less advanced or worse state, condition, or way ...
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The simplest of these isnonlinearregressionwherein the parameters are exponential functions or the predictive combinations are not only additive.
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Curve-fitting andnonlinearregressiontechniques are used to formulate the computational aesthetics.
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Thenonlinearregressionmethod is simple to train and implement.
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This requires good understanding of the nature of data, which is not a requirement innonlinearregressionmethods.
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Neural networks are basically doingnonlinearregressionand are very tolerant of noise in the input data.
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For the dependence of yield on seed rate, it assumes a hierarchicalnonlinearregressionmodel.
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Moreover, it lowers the number of parameters to be resolved during anonlinearregression, and thus reduces the amount of data needed for fitting.
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This idea leads us to non-parametric andnonlinearregressionmethods, where no assumption is made about the structure of the function or about the distribution of the error.
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Before computing facilities to performnonlinearregressionbecame available, graphical methods involving linearisation of the equation were used.
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An improvement was suggested in the form ofnonlinearregressionusing a feed-forward neural network model.
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Empirical models based onnonlinearregressionare usually preferred over the use of some transformation of the data that linearizes the dose-response relationship.
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This holds promise provided a regression program is used that allows for both bivariate linear andnonlinearregression.
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One common type of application isnonlinearregression.
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Innonlinearregression, on the other hand, it is only necessary to write down a functional form in order to provide estimates of the unknown parameters and the estimated uncertainty.
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