Find Minimum area ellipse enclosing a set of points in c++

Question

I have a set of 2D points. I need to find a minimum area ellipse enclosing all the points. Could someone give an idea of how the problem has to be tackled. For a circle it was s

Answer 1

These don't go as far as giving you C++ code, but they include in-depth discussion of effective algorithms for what you need to do.

https://www.cs.cornell.edu/cv/OtherPdf/Ellipse.pdf

http://www.stsci.edu/~RAB/Backup%20Oct%2022%202011/f_3_CalculationForWFIRSTML/Gaertner%20&%20Schoenherr.pdf