TY - JOUR T1 - A Linear Goal Programming Model for the Linear Absolute Value Regression Problem AU - , U.N. Bassey AU - , E.O. Effanga JO - Journal of Modern Mathematics and Statistics VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 123 EP - 125 PY - 2008 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1994-5388 DO - jmmstat.2008.123.125 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jmmstat.2008.123.125 KW - Linear absolute regression KW -linear goal programming KW -least squares KW -regression problem AB - In this study, we reformulate the linear absolute regression problem as a linear goal-programming problem, whose associated dual problem is obtained and exploited computationally to estimate the regression parameters. It is shown that the goal programming method of estimating the regression parameters is better, in terms of the total absolute error, than the least squares method. ER -