[R] avoiding termination of nls given convergence failure

[Gabor Grothendieck]

If the goal here is to repeatedly run a particular model from
different starting values
then the nls2 package will do that for you.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Bill Shipley
<bill.shipley at usherbrooke.ca> wrote:
> Hello.  I have a script in which I repeatedly fit a nonlinear regression to
> a series of data sets using nls and the port algorithm from within a loop.
> The general structure of the loop is:
>
>  for(i in 1:n){
>
> … extract relevant vectors of dependent and independent variables …
>
> … estimate starting values for Amax and Q.LCP…
>
>
>
>
> fit<-nls(photosynthesis~fit.Mitcherlich(irradiance,Amax,LCP,Q.LCP),data=temp
> ,
>
>
> start=list(Amax=Astart,Q.LCP=x,LCP=33),control=list(maxiter=100,tol=5e-4),
>
>            na.action=na.omit,trace=T,algorithm="port",lower=c(0,0,0))
>
> …
>
> }
>
>
>
> Despite trying to estimate good starting values, the nls function
> occasionally experiences problems with convergence.  When this happens the
> function stops and prints an error message, thus preventing the loop from
> continuing.  Is there some what of detecting the convergence problem while
> preventing the nls function from stopping when this happens, so that the
> loop can continue?
>
>
>
> Bill Shipley
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