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Re: NonlinearFit

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  • Subject: [mg49876] Re: NonlinearFit
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:20:38 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: The University of Western Australia
  • References: <ceqtcr$jrp$1@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <ceqtcr$jrp$1 at smc.vnet.net>, Andrew_Pollock at rcomext.com 
wrote:

> I'm trying to fit an exponential function to a set of data using the
> following command:
> 
> << Statistics`NonlinearFit`
> NonlinearFit[Data,theta1 Exp[theta2 x],x,{theta1,theta2}]
> 
> Data is the following table, where the right column is 3*Exp[.2*x]
> 
> (Embedded image moved to file: pic13984.pcx)
> 
> [contact the author to get the file - moderator]
> 
> NonlinearFit returns (Embedded image moved to file: pic03027.pcx), which is
> clearly not 3*Exp[.2*x].
> 
> I only have this problem when trying to fit exponential functions.  Any
> suggestions?

  << Statistics`

  data = Table[{x, 3 E^(0.2 x)}, {x, -3, 3, 0.5}]

  NonlinearFit[data, a E^(b x), x, {a, b}]

In Version 5.0 you can use FindFit:
 
  FindFit[%, a E^(b x), {a, b}, x]

In both cases the original functional form is recovered.

Cheers,
Paul

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