The Basis for the Criterion of Least Squares

IV.—On Least Squares and Linear Combination of Observations

A. C. Aitken · Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh · 1936 · 916 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Econometrics +11

The Calculus of Observations.

Arne Fisher, E. T. Whittaker, G. Robinson Blackie · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1924 · 738 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Probability Theory +7

Least-Squares Adjustment of the Atomic Constants, 1952

Jesse W. M. DuMond, Elaine Cohen · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1953 · 232 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +6

A historical note on the method of least squares

R. L. Plackett · Biometrika · 1949 · 68 citations

Computing, Mathematics, Statistics +7