a=[1 0;1 1;1 2] a = 1 0 1 1 1 2 b=[1;3;3] b = 1 3 3 ata=a'*a ata = 3 3 3 5 atb=a'*b atb = 7 9 c=ata\atb c = 1.3333 1.0000 rmse=norm(a*c-b,2)/sqrt(3) rmse = 0.4714 a*c-b ans = 0.3333 -0.6667 0.3333 diary off