[R] How to coerce a parameter in nls?

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Tue Sep 22 13:04:39 CEST 2015


Just write out the 20 terms.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:26 PM, Jianling Fan <fanjianling at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello, Gabor,
>
> Thanks again for your suggestion. And now I am trying to improve the
> code by adding a function to replace the express "Rm1 * ref.1 + Rm2 *
> ref.2 + Rm3 * ref.3 + Rm4 * ref.4 + Rm5 * ref.5 + Rm6 * ref.6" because
> I have some other dataset need to fitted to the same model but with
> more groups (>20).
>
> I tried to add the function as:
>
> denfun<-function(i){
>                for(i in 1:6){
>                  Rm<-sum(Rm[i]*ref.i)
>                  return(Rm)}
> }
>
> but I got another error when I incorporate this function into my
> regression:
>
> >fitdp1<-nlxb(den ~ denfun(6)/(1+(depth/d50)^c),
>                    data = dproot2,
>                  start = c(Rm1=1.01, Rm2=1.01, Rm3=1.01, Rm4=6.65,
> Rm5=1.01, Rm6=1, d50=20, c=-1),
>                 masked = "Rm6")
>
> Error in deriv.default(parse(text = resexp), names(start)) :
>   Function 'denfun' is not in the derivatives table
>
> I think there must be something wrong with my function. I tried some
> times but am not sure how to improve it because I am quite new to R.
>
> Could anyone please give me some suggestion.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
> Jianling
>
>
> On 22 September 2015 at 00:43, Gabor Grothendieck
> <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Express the formula in terms of simple operations like this:
> >
> > # add 0/1 columns ref.1, ref.2, ..., ref.6
> > dproot2 <- do.call(data.frame, transform(dproot, ref = outer(dproot$ref,
> > seq(6), "==") + 0))
> >
> > # now express the formula in terms of the new columns
> > library(nlmrt)
> > fitdp1<-nlxb(den ~ (Rm1 * ref.1 + Rm2 * ref.2 + Rm3 * ref.3 + Rm4 *
> ref.4 +
> > Rm5 * ref.5 + Rm6 * ref.6)/(1+(depth/d50)^c),
> >          data = dproot2,
> >          start = c(Rm1=1.01, Rm2=1.01, Rm3=1.01, Rm4=6.65, Rm5=1.01,
> Rm6=1,
> > d50=20, c=-1),
> >          masked = "Rm6")
> >
> > where we used this input:
> >
> > Lines <- "   depth       den ref
> > 1     20 0.5730000   1
> > 2     40 0.7800000   1
> > 3     60 0.9470000   1
> > 4     80 0.9900000   1
> > 5    100 1.0000000   1
> > 6     10 0.6000000   2
> > 7     20 0.8200000   2
> > 8     30 0.9300000   2
> > 9     40 1.0000000   2
> > 10    20 0.4800000   3
> > 11    40 0.7340000   3
> > 12    60 0.9610000   3
> > 13    80 0.9980000   3
> > 14   100 1.0000000   3
> > 15    20 3.2083491   4
> > 16    40 4.9683383   4
> > 17    60 6.2381133   4
> > 18    80 6.5322348   4
> > 19   100 6.5780660   4
> > 20   120 6.6032064   4
> > 21    20 0.6140000   5
> > 22    40 0.8270000   5
> > 23    60 0.9500000   5
> > 24    80 0.9950000   5
> > 25   100 1.0000000   5
> > 26    20 0.4345774   6
> > 27    40 0.6654726   6
> > 28    60 0.8480684   6
> > 29    80 0.9268951   6
> > 30   100 0.9723207   6
> > 31   120 0.9939966   6
> > 32   140 0.9992400   6"
> >
> > dproot <- read.table(text = Lines, header = TRUE)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Jianling Fan <fanjianling at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Prof. Nash,
> >>
> >> Sorry for late reply. I am learning and trying to use your nlmrt
> >> package since I got your email. It works good to mask a parameter in
> >> regression but seems does work for my equation. I think the problem is
> >> that the parameter I want to mask is a group-specific parameter and I
> >> have a "[]" syntax in my equation. However, I don't have your 2014
> >> book on hand and couldn't find it in our library. So I am wondering if
> >> nlxb works for group data?
> >> Thanks a lot!
> >>
> >> following is my code and I got a error form it.
> >>
> >> > fitdp1<-nlxb(den~Rm[ref]/(1+(depth/d50)^c),data=dproot,
> >>                 + start =c(Rm1=1.01, Rm2=1.01, Rm3=1.01, Rm4=6.65,
> >> Rm5=1.01, Rm6=1, d50=20, c=-1),
> >>                 + masked=c("Rm6"))
> >>
> >> Error in deriv.default(parse(text = resexp), names(start)) :
> >>   Function '`[`' is not in the derivatives table
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Jianling
> >>
> >>
> >> On 20 September 2015 at 12:56, ProfJCNash <profjcnash at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I posted a suggestion to use nlmrt package (function nlxb to be
> >> > precise),
> >> > which has masked (fixed) parameters. Examples in my 2014 book on
> >> > Nonlinear
> >> > parameter optimization with R tools. However, I'm travelling just now,
> >> > or
> >> > would consider giving this a try.
> >> >
> >> > JN
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 15-09-20 01:19 PM, Jianling Fan wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> no, I am doing a regression with 6 group data with 2 shared
> parameters
> >> >> and 1 different parameter for each group data. the parameter I want
> to
> >> >> coerce is for one group. I don't know how to do it. Any suggestion?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks!
> >> >>
> >> >> On 19 September 2015 at 13:33, Jeff Newmiller
> >> >> <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Why not rewrite the function so that value is not a parameter?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
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> >> >>> On September 18, 2015 9:54:54 PM PDT, Jianling Fan
> >> >>> <fanjianling at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Hello, everyone,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I am using a nls regression with 6 groups data. I am trying to
> coerce
> >> >>>> a parameter to 1 by using a upper and lower statement. but I always
> >> >>>> get an error like below:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Error in ifelse(internalPars < upper, 1, -1) :
> >> >>>>   (list) object cannot be coerced to type 'double'
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> does anyone know how to fix it?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> thanks in advance!
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> My code is below:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> dproot
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>    depth       den ref
> >> >>>> 1     20 0.5730000   1
> >> >>>> 2     40 0.7800000   1
> >> >>>> 3     60 0.9470000   1
> >> >>>> 4     80 0.9900000   1
> >> >>>> 5    100 1.0000000   1
> >> >>>> 6     10 0.6000000   2
> >> >>>> 7     20 0.8200000   2
> >> >>>> 8     30 0.9300000   2
> >> >>>> 9     40 1.0000000   2
> >> >>>> 10    20 0.4800000   3
> >> >>>> 11    40 0.7340000   3
> >> >>>> 12    60 0.9610000   3
> >> >>>> 13    80 0.9980000   3
> >> >>>> 14   100 1.0000000   3
> >> >>>> 15    20 3.2083491   4
> >> >>>> 16    40 4.9683383   4
> >> >>>> 17    60 6.2381133   4
> >> >>>> 18    80 6.5322348   4
> >> >>>> 19   100 6.5780660   4
> >> >>>> 20   120 6.6032064   4
> >> >>>> 21    20 0.6140000   5
> >> >>>> 22    40 0.8270000   5
> >> >>>> 23    60 0.9500000   5
> >> >>>> 24    80 0.9950000   5
> >> >>>> 25   100 1.0000000   5
> >> >>>> 26    20 0.4345774   6
> >> >>>> 27    40 0.6654726   6
> >> >>>> 28    60 0.8480684   6
> >> >>>> 29    80 0.9268951   6
> >> >>>> 30   100 0.9723207   6
> >> >>>> 31   120 0.9939966   6
> >> >>>> 32   140 0.9992400   6
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> fitdp<-nls(den~Rm[ref]/(1+(depth/d50)^c),data=dproot,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> + start = list(Rm=c(1.01, 1.01, 1.01, 6.65,1.01,1), d50=20, c=-1))
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> summary(fitdp)
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Formula: den ~ Rm[ref]/(1 + (depth/d50)^c)
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Parameters:
> >> >>>>     Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
> >> >>>> Rm1  1.12560    0.07156   15.73 3.84e-14 ***
> >> >>>> Rm2  1.57643    0.11722   13.45 1.14e-12 ***
> >> >>>> Rm3  1.10697    0.07130   15.53 5.11e-14 ***
> >> >>>> Rm4  7.23925    0.20788   34.83  < 2e-16 ***
> >> >>>> Rm5  1.14516    0.07184   15.94 2.87e-14 ***
> >> >>>> Rm6  1.03658    0.05664   18.30 1.33e-15 ***
> >> >>>> d50 22.69426    1.03855   21.85  < 2e-16 ***
> >> >>>> c   -1.59796    0.15589  -10.25 3.02e-10 ***
> >> >>>> ---
> >> >>>> Signif. codes:  0 ?**?0.001 ?*?0.01 ??0.05 ??0.1 ??1
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Residual standard error: 0.1094 on 24 degrees of freedom
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Number of iterations to convergence: 8
> >> >>>> Achieved convergence tolerance: 9.374e-06
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> fitdp1<-nls(den~Rm[ref]/(1+(depth/d50)^c),data=dproot,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> algorithm="port",
> >> >>>> + start = list(Rm=c(1.01, 1.01, 1.01, 6.65, 1.01, 1), d50=20,
> c=-1),
> >> >>>> + lower = list(Rm=c(1.01, 1.01, 1.01, 6.65, 1.01, 1), d50=20,
> c=-1),
> >> >>>> + upper = list(Rm=c(2.1, 2.2, 2.12, 12.5, 2.3, 1), d50=50, c=1))
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Error in ifelse(internalPars < upper, 1, -1) :
> >> >>>>   (list) object cannot be coerced to type 'double'
> >> >>>>
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> >> Jianling Fan
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