<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> <pkgmetadata> <maintainer type="project"> <email>sci@gentoo.org</email> <name>Gentoo Science Project</name> </maintainer> <longdescription lang="en"> MPFIT uses the Levenberg-Marquardt technique to solve the least-squares problem. In its typical use, MPFIT will be used to fit a user-supplied function (the "model") to user-supplied data points (the "data") by adjusting a set of parameters. MPFIT is based upon MINPACK-1 (LMDIF.F) by More' and collaborators. </longdescription> </pkgmetadata>