Tag Archives: Excel

Non linear regression – 2; ALGLIB functions

Posted on 05/03/2011 by dougaj4

The previous post looked at using the Excel Solver to fit a non-linear equation to a given set of data, using the least squares method.  This approach is reasonably convenient and straightforward, but it has a number of disadvantages: The … Continue reading →

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Non linear regression – 1

Posted on 01/03/2011 by dougaj4

Recent posts have described how to fit linear equations (or equations that can be made linear) to a set of data, using the Excel Linest functions, or User Defined Functions (UDF’s) linking to the ALGLIB library (see Using LINEST for non-linear … Continue reading →

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ALGLIB linear and polynomial fitting functions

Posted on 17/02/2011 by dougaj4

As promised here: Fitting high order polynomials this post presents details of four Excel User Defined Functions (UDFs) linking with ALGLIB functions for least squares fitting of linear and polynomial functions.  The new functions are: AL_Linest: AL_LinestCW: AL_PolyFit: and AL_PolyFitCW: These functions have been added … Continue reading →

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Fitting high order polynomials

Posted on 04/02/2011 by dougaj4

This post is a follow up to Using LINEST for non-linear curve fitting and the following comments from Scott Rogers and Lori Miller.  Scott found that he was getting different results from Linest and the xy chart trend line for polynomials of … Continue reading →

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Finding all range names in a specified range

Posted on 24/01/2011 by dougaj4

Another useful little snippet from Eng-tips. There was a question regarding how to list all the range names applied to a specified cell.  Forum members electricpete and MintJulep came up with a short macro to do the job, which I have … Continue reading →

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