try the code below, if you use different upper and lower limits you might get different parameter estimates HTH, Victor
standard.curve<-data.frame(conc=c(50, 25, 12.5, 6.25, 3.125, 1.563, 0.781,50, 25, 12.5, 6.25, 3.125, 1.563, 0.781),absorb=c(1.918, 1.251, 1.104, 0.719, 0.403, 0.177, 0.083,1.918, 1.251, 1.104, 0.719, 0.403, 0.177, 0.083)) test<-nls( absorb ~ ((a-d)/(1+(conc/c.)^b))+d, data = standard.curve, start = list( a=0, b=1, c.=30, d=4), trace = TRUE, algorithm="port", lower = list( a=-0.45, b=-30, c.=0, d=0), upper = list( a=20, b=30, c.=2000, d=20), control=nls.control(maxiter = 5000, tol = 1e-05, minFactor = 1/10000)) x<-function(a, b, c., d, absorb){c.*((a-absorb)/(absorb-d))^(1/b)} conc.fitted<-x(a=coef(test)[1],b=coef(test)[2],c.=coef(test)[3],d=coef(test)[4],seq(0,5,by=0.1)) xlim<-c(0,max(standard.curve$conc)) ylim<-c(0,max(standard.curve$absorb)) plot(standard.curve,xlim=xlim,ylim=ylim) par(new=T) plot(x=conc.fitted, y=seq(0,5,by=0.1), type="l", col="red",xlim=xlim,ylim=ylim, ylab="", xlab="") text(20,0.5,expression(paste("abs = ",frac("a - d",1+(conc/c)^b))+d)) text(25,1,pos=4,paste(" a=",coef(test)[1],"\n b=",coef(test)[2],"\n c=",coef(test)[3],"\n d=",coef(test)[4])) # calculate concentration for a measured absorbance of 1.918 measured.absorbance<-1.918 x(a=coef(test)[1],b=coef(test)[2],c.=coef(test)[3],d=coef(test)[4],measured.absorbance) ____________________________________________ Em 08/02/2011 00:53, Ramya < ramya.vict...@gmail.com > escreveu: Hi, I decided to use the drm function for four point fitting and in the all the examples that i see spinach.m1 <- drm(SLOPE~DOSE, CURVE, data = spinach, fct = LL.4()) fit1 <- drm(wheeze~p(age>9)+smoking+cluster(id),data=wheeze,dep="B", print=0) what are these with '~' mean? This is my data conc il10 1 50.000 1.918 2 25.000 1.251 3 12.500 1.104 4 6.250 0.719 5 3.125 0.403 6 1.563 0.177 7 0.781 0.083 I am trying to find the co-efficients for it. The co-eff that i am expecting is A = -0.457, B = 0.412, C = 915, D = 9.56 Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Four-paramete-logistics-tp3265251p3265598.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________ 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.