Luis Orlindo Tedeschi wrote: > Folks; I have looked for this subject extensively using all the resources I > have available and could not find a solution; therefore I am sending you this > email seeking for help. I need to solve a discontinuous nonlinear function, > but R 2.6 keeps giving me an error. Below is a simple example: > > f <- function (t,k,l,u) { r0<-346.1 x<-t-l if (x<0) r0 else > (r0-u)*exp(-k*x)+u }prof1<-read.table("c:\\data.txt", > header=TRUE)results<-nls(y1~f1(t,k,l,u), data=prof1, start=list(k=0.05, l=4, > u=154)) > > Errors I am getting are: > > > Error in qr(.swts * attr(rhs, "gradient")) : dims [product 3] do not match > the length of object [10]In addition: Warning messages:1: In if (x < 0) r0 > else (r0 - u) * exp(-k * x) + u : the condition has length > 1 and only the > first element will be used2: In if (x < 0) r0 else (r0 - u) * exp(-k * x) + u > : the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be used3: In > if (x < 0) r0 else (r0 - u) * exp(-k * x) + u : the condition has length > 1 > and only the first element will be used4: In if (x < 0) r0 else (r0 - u) * > exp(-k * x) + u : the condition has length > 1 and only the first element > will be used5: In if (x < 0) r0 else (r0 - u) * exp(-k * x) + u : the > condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be used6: In .swts * > attr(rhs, "gradient") : longer object length is not a multiple of shorter > object length > Data file is this one > > > t y1 > 1 0 346.12 3 343.13 6 327.44 12 280.95 18 242.76 24 228.67 36 > 193.48 48 174.29 72 164.810 96 152.0 > > > Any help? > > It would be easier to help if you could persuade your emailer not jumble up you code....
However, I suspect that you need to look into the difference between if and the ifelse() function. -pd > Thanks a lot > > Luis > _________________________________________________________________ > > > PC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Ă˜ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.