maximum number of (main) iterations, usually 10-20 will suffice
L
boundary for major/minor axis
Value
list(ParG,RSS,iters,TF)
list with geometric parameters (A,B,C,D,E,F),
Residual Sum of Squares, number of iterations and TF==TRUE if the method diverges
Source
Nikolai Chernov, 2014
Fitting ellipses, circles, and lines by least squares
http://people.cas.uab.edu/~mosya/cl/ N. Chernov, Q. Huang, and H. Ma, 2014
Fitting quadratic curves to data points
British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science, 4, 33-60. N. Chernov and H. Ma, 2011
Least squares fitting of quadratic curves and surfaces
In: Computer Vision, Editor S. R. Yoshida, Nova Science Publishers; pp. 285-302.
N. Chernov, Q. Huang, and H. Ma, 2014
Fitting quadratic curves to data points
British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science, 4, 33-60.
N. Chernov and H. Ma, 2011
Least squares fitting of quadratic curves and surfaces
In: Computer Vision, Editor S. R. Yoshida, Nova Science Publishers; pp. 285-302.