[R] nls convergence problem
Dieter Menne
dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de
Tue Aug 15 20:52:36 CEST 2006
Earl F. Glynn <efg <at> stowers-institute.org> writes:
>
> Here's my toy problem:
> > ?nls.control
> > ?nls
> > # Method 2
> > X <- 0:15
> > Y <- 9.452 * exp(-0.109*X) + 5.111 # Toy problem
> >
> > nls.out <- nls(Y ~ a*exp(b*X)+c,
> + start=list(a=6,b=-0.5,c=1),
> + control=nls.control(maxiter=15, tol=0.01), # nothing makes
> sense here
> + trace=TRUE)
This toy problem is exactly what the warning is for:
Warning
Do not use nls on artificial "zero-residual" data.
Add some noise and try again.
Dieter Menne
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