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Re: Weights syntax in NonlinearRegress/Fit

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  • Subject: [mg34091] Re: Weights syntax in NonlinearRegress/Fit
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 03:49:36 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,

Weights->Table[yourfunctionOfI[i],{i,1,10^2}]

?

or

Weights->yourfunctionOfX /@ yourXData

Regards
  Jens


Dion Lewis wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It seems I have an identical problem to Frederic Fontaine dated 22 Jun
> 1999 that didn't get answered in the threads.
> 
> I'm ALSO having troubles with the syntax of the Weights option in
> NonlinearRegress.  I want to input an equation not simply values.
> I'm not a member of this list so Im not sure if this will get back to me
> either...
> I'd appreciate any help, for ease I have cut and pasted his eloquent
> version...
> 
> NonlinearRegress, Weights, Syntax
> Subject: [mg34091]  NonlinearRegress,Weights, Syntax
> From: Frederic Fontaine <F.Fontaine at fz-rossendorf.de>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been fighting against the syntax of the option "Weights" in the
> NonlinearRegress command. I want to fit large data sets and I don't want
> to type hundreds of values. I'd rather use a function defining the weight
> of each data points. But how to do it with Mathematica 3 for Unix?
> For instance:
> NonlinearRegress[dataset, fitfunction(x,para),{x},{para},Weights->{???}]
> I would appreciate someone helping me remove the question marks!
> 
> **Edited from F.F.**
> 
> Regards,
> Dion Lewis
> University of Tasmania
> Physics Department


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