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Best fit lines and curves, and some mathe-magical transformations / Alan R. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Alan (Alan R.), 1953- author.
- Series:
- Working guides to estimating & forecasting ; volume III.
- Working guides to estimating & forecasting ; volume III
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial engineering--Statistical methods.
- Industrial engineering.
- Regression analysis.
- Costs, Industrial--Estimates.
- Costs, Industrial.
- Costs, Industrial--Statistical methods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 497 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Alan R. Jones is Principal Consultant at Estimata Limited, aconsultancy service specialising in Estimating Skills Training. He is a Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (US) and Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) (UK). Prior to setting up his own business, he enjoyed a 40-year career in the UK aerospace and defence industry as an estimatorAlan is a Fellow of the Association of Cost Engineers and a member of the International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association. Historically (some four decades ago), Alan was a graduate in Mathematics from Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, and was an MBA Prize-winner at the Henley Management College.
- Contents:
- Introduction and objectives
- Linear and nonlinear properties (!) of straight lines
- Trendsetting with some simple moving measures
- Simple and multiple linear regression
- Linear transformation: making bent lines straight
- Transforming nonlinear regression
- Least squares nonlinear curve fitting without the logs
- The ups and downs of time series analysis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 12, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jones, Alan (Alan R.), 1953- Best fit lines and curves.
- ISBN:
- 9781315160085
- 1315160080
- 9781351661430
- 1351661434
- 9781351661447
- 1351661442
- 9781351661423
- 1351661426
- Publisher Number:
- 99983874409
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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