Use of man-machine interaction in data-fitting problems
Lyle B. Smith, US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), USDOE · 1969
The aim of this work is to explore the possibility of providing useful tools for numerically solving scientific problems in an on-line environment. The development of such tools is then exemplified by interactive systems written for an IBM 2250 display console (CRT). Least squares data-fitting and the related problem of numerical functional minimization is chosen as an example of a problem area which can benefit from on-line graphical interaction.