Re: [R] nls vs nlme: parameter constraints

2009-06-22 Thread Dieter Menne
Manuel Morales wrote: > > I'm trying to fit a model like beta[trt]/(1+alpha*x) where the data > include some grouping factor. The problem is that the estimate for alpha > is undefined for some of the treatments - any value greater than 20 is > equally good and a step function would suffice. Ign

[R] nls vs nlme: parameter constraints

2009-06-22 Thread Manuel Morales
Hello list, I'm trying to fit a model like beta[trt]/(1+alpha*x) where the data include some grouping factor. The problem is that the estimate for alpha is undefined for some of the treatments - any value greater than 20 is equally good and a step function would suffice. Ignoring the grouping stru