Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, 1971. – 192 p.These notes have been compiled in an attempt to integrate a description of the method of least squares as used in surveying with: a) statistical concepts; b) linear algebra using matrix notation; and c) the use of digital computers.
They are a culmination of concepts first described at a symposium held in 1964 at the University of New Brunswick on The Impact of Electronic Computers on Geodetic Adjustments (see The Canadian Surveyor, Vol. IX, No. 1, March 1965).ContentsIntroduction
Statistical Definitions and Concepts
Statistical Distribution Functions
Distributions of Functions of Random Variables
Univariate Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
Least Squares Point Estimators: Linear Mathematical Models
Least Squares Point Estimators: Nonlinear Mathematical Models
Multivariate Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
Partitioning the Mathematical Model
Step by Step Least Squares Estimation
References
Appendices
