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  • Title: Model fitting in (n+1) dimensions.
    Author: Slotnick SD.
    Journal: Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput; 2003 May; 35(2):322-4. PubMed ID: 12834091.
    Abstract:
    Conventionally, fitting a mathematical model to empirically derived data is achieved by varying model parameters to minimize the deviations between expected and observed values in the dependent dimension. However, when functions to be fit are multivalued (e.g., an ellipse), conventional model fitting procedures fail. A novel (n+1)-dimensional [(n+1)-D] model fitting procedure is presented which can solve such problems by transforming the n-D model and data into (n+1)-D space and then minimizing deviations in the constructed dimension. While the (n+1)-D procedure provides model fits identical to those obtained with conventional methods for single-valued functions, it also extends parameter estimation to multivalued functions.
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