[Rd] nls (PR#1533)
scs10@st-and.ac.uk
scs10@st-and.ac.uk
Thu, 9 May 2002 15:46:20 +0200 (MET DST)
Full_Name: Sophie Smout
Version: 1.5.0
OS: windows 2000, pc
Submission from: (NULL) (138.251.190.17)
I'm finding that nls iterates to the end of its iteration setting and does not
jump out to report convergence even when it has clearly converged. It is also
mis-reporting the number of iterations completed. These may not be
unconnected...
This is an example:
[note - details of my computer, version etc are at the end of this message]
##### some 'data'
> x
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
> y
[1] 0.9090909 2.8571429 4.7368421 6.1538462 7.1428571 7.8260870 8.3050847
[8] 8.6486486 8.9010989 9.0909091
### call to nls
> nls(y~a*x^m/(1+b*x^m),start=list(a=1.1,m=2.1,b=.11),trace=TRUE)
### nls spits out
1.474151 : 1.10 2.10 0.11
0.01060234 : 1.0092752 1.9893808 0.1012907
5.066689e-07 : 0.9999465 2.0000191 0.0999903
3.651161e-15 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
1.518557e-29 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
8.09815e-30 : 1.0 2.0 0.1
Error in nls(y ~ a * x^m/(1 + b * x^m), start = list(a = 1.1, m = 2.1, :
number of iterations exceeded maximum of 5.27058e-308
>
### ??? the converged parameter values are correct
### but nls has not reported convergence. Instead it's just gone on iterating,
### but not 5.27058e-308 times, which would in any case be tricky...
### try another simple example
### generate some data
> x<-c(1:10)
> y<-3*x^2+1
> y
[1] 4 13 28 49 76 109 148 193 244 301
> x
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
### call to nls
> nls(y~a*x^b+c,start=list(a=1,b=1,c=1))
Error in nls(y ~ a * x^b + c, start = list(a = 1, b = 1, c = 1)) :
number of iterations exceeded maximum of 5.27058e-308
### another call to nls with more details requested
> nls(y~a*x^b+c,start=list(a=1,b=1,c=1),trace=TRUE,control=nls.control(maxiter=10))
210232 : 1 1 1
209552.9 : 0.3814959 1.4296089 1.7349535
191724.4 : 0.2824096 1.9134931 1.9513585
165276.9 : 0.4484658 1.9827257 1.8983138
125378.7 : 0.7671348 1.9977192 1.7865044
70298.31 : 1.325342 1.999960 1.589895
17571.14 : 2.162671 2.000005 1.294948
4.457052e-06 : 3.0000000 1.9999979 0.9999999
2.200966e-17 : 3 2 1
6.125505e-27 : 3 2 1
6.12235e-27 : 3 2 1
Error in nls(y ~ a * x^b + c, start = list(a = 1, b = 1, c = 1), trace = TRUE,
:
number of iterations exceeded maximum of 5.27058e-308
#### same problem!!
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here is what I get when I type 'version'
to get details of computer etc.
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch i386
os mingw32
system i386, mingw32
status
major 1
minor 5.0
year 2002
month 04
day 29
language R
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