The process of using past cost information to predict future costs is called cost estimation. While many methods are used for cost estimation, the least-squares regression method of cost estimation is ...

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The paper gives a self-contained account of linear least squares regression when the errors have an arbitrary error covariance matrix. The finite sample size case is ...

Nonparametric regression using locally weighted least squares was first discussed by Stone and by Cleveland. Recently, it was shown by Fan and by Fan and Gijbels that the local linear kernel-weighted ...

In cost accounting, an accountant often uses the information about costs during a certain period to project future expenses. There are several methods the accountant may use for his estimations, ...