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package org.apache.commons.math.stat.regression;

/**
 * The multiple linear regression can be represented in matrix-notation.
 *  *  y=X*b+u
 * 
 * where y is an n-vector regressand, X is a [n,k] matrix whose k columns are called
 * regressors, b is k-vector of regression parameters and u is an n-vector
 * of error terms or residuals.
 *
 * The notation is quite standard in literature,
 * cf eg Davidson and MacKinnon, Econometrics Theory and Methods, 2004.
 * @version $Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 19:36:48 +0200 (sam. 05 sept. 2009) $
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface MultipleLinearRegression {

    /**
     * Estimates the regression parameters b.
     *
     * @return The [k,1] array representing b
     */
    double[] estimateRegressionParameters();

    /**
     * Estimates the variance of the regression parameters, ie Var(b).
     *
     * @return The [k,k] array representing the variance of b
     */
    double[][] estimateRegressionParametersVariance();

    /**
     * Estimates the residuals, ie u = y - X*b.
     *
     * @return The [n,1] array representing the residuals
     */
    double[] estimateResiduals();

    /**
     * Returns the variance of the regressand, ie Var(y).
     *
     * @return The double representing the variance of y
     */
    double estimateRegressandVariance();

    /**
     * Returns the standard errors of the regression parameters.
     *
     * @return standard errors of estimated regression parameters
     */
     double[] estimateRegressionParametersStandardErrors();

}