precision in the presence of skewed data. In computer science, the Theil–Sen method has been used to estimate trends in software aging. In meteorology and climatology, it has been used to estimate the long-term trends of wind occurrence and speed. See also Regression dilution, for another problem affecting estimated trend slopes Notes References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robust regression Computational geometry