curve fitting
noun
: the empirical determination of a curve or function that approximates a set of data
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But both types of walks have nice curve fits with the increasing distance with step size to the power of 0.4975 and the SAW increasing at a power of 0.4688.
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Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2018
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Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2018
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“Curve fitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curve%20fitting. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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