Re: Fitting Explicit Functions
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg6825] Re: [mg6780] Fitting Explicit Functions
- From: culman at MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 02:03:20 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Richard Finley wrote: > Todd, > > I don't know the form of your data or the range, but it would seem a lot > more straightforward if you used an explicit form of your equation which is > simply: > > y = -(x/b) Log[x] > > in which case you should be able to use the standard L-M algorithm. > Dear Richard, Thanks for your suggestion. Of course, you are correct. I actually greatly simplified the problem in the post. In the real problem, there is no explicit form of the equation. Best regards, Todd