WANTED: Algorithm to fit data points to ellipse

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From: Dave Reimann
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:56

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I need an algorithm to fit a general ellipse to a set of data points.
By generalized ellipse, I mean one that accounts for any tilt in the
major axis wrt the x-axis.  The data is expected to have some estimation 
error, so I need to handle that.

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From: reimann@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Dave Reimann)
Subject: WANTED: Algorithm to fit data points to ellipse
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