Definition of Backfitting

1. backfit [v] - See also: backfit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backfitting

backfile conversion
backfiles
backfill
backfilled
backfilling
backfills
backfire
backfired
backfires
backfiring
backfisch
backfische
backfit
backfits
backfitted
backfitting (current term)
backflip
backflipped
backflipping
backflips
backflow
backflowing
backflows
backflush
backflushed
backflushes
backflushing
backfoot
backformation
backformations

Literary usage of Backfitting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sas/stat 9.1 User's Guide by SAS Institute, Virginia Clark (2004)
"The resulting iterative procedure is known as the backfitting algorithm (Friedman and ... The backfitting Algorithm The unweighted form of the backfitting ..."

2. Future Nuclear Regulatory Challenges: A Report by Oecd Nuclear Energy Agency, Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"backfitting and safety upgrading programmes for plants designed to lower safety standards ln the first section of this chapter the various types of ageing ..."

3. Debris Impact On Emergency Coolant Recirculation: Workshop Proceedings by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"As result of these BWR specific investigations backfitting measurements were performed in these years to improve the protection of the German BWRs against ..."

4. Geological Repositories: Political and Technical Progress : Workshop by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Svensk kärnbränslehantering AB. (2005)
"... decision making process concerned with backfitting existing nuclear power plants (ie commissioned before the Nuclear Energy Act comes into force)1. ..."

5. Time Series and Related Topics: In Memory of Ching-zong Wei edited by Hwai-chung Ho (2007)
"Model (5.7) can be fitted by using the backfitting algorithm. Specifically, model (5.5) is estimated first and then the residuals are used as the response ..."

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