Re: Scilab is now GPL v2 compatible - as the site claims

[Marc Normandin]

Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> Again, I do not understand all the details, but, I think, they are
> solving a system of linear equations based on true least squares approach
> (this happens in each iteration), but they choose the best solution after
> a number of iteration based on the sum of abs deviations, not on the sum
> of squares of abs deviations.
> 
> So, I think, their approach has an internal contradiction.

Ah, I see now.  Thanks for the clarification.

To clarify/correct my own earlier claim, MMSE is sensitive to outliers
more so than noise, though the two aren't mutually exclusive.

Regards,
Marc

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------
Marc D. Normandin              http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mdnorman
Graduate Research Assistant                     address@hidden
Indiana University School of Medicine           317-278-9841 (tel)
Department of Radiology, Division of Research   317-274-1067 (fax)
------------------------------------------------------------------