Given the equation of a plane as z = a*x + b*y + c, planefit, executed as C = planefit(x,y,z), solves for the coeficients C = [a b c]. Planefit does nothing fancy, it simply sets up and lets MATLAB solve the least-squares problem to solve for the coefficients - a handy utility function.
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Val Schmidt (2026). planefit (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36353-planefit), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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