[R] Problem with NLSYSTEMFIT()

[Arne Henningsen]

Dear Kilian,

On Thursday 12 January 2006 14:20, Kilian Plank wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I want to solve a nonlinear 3SLS problem with "nlsystemfit()". The
> equations
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> are of the form
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>             y_it = f_i(x,t,theta)
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> The functions f_i(.) have to be formulated as R-functions. When invoking
>
> "nlsystemfit()" I get the error
>
>
>
> Error in deriv.formula(eqns[[i]], names(parmnames)) :
>
>         Function 'f1' is not in the derivatives table
>
>
>
> Isn't it possible to provide equations in the form
>
> eq1 ~ f1(x,t,theta) etc. to "nlsystemfit()" ?

Unfortunately, this is not (yet) possible. You have to specify your equations 
like "eq1 <- y ~ b0 + x1^b1 + b1^2 * log( x2)" (see the documentation of 
nlsystemfit). Furthermore, I suggest that you ask the author of nlsystemfit 
(Jeff Hamann, see cc) how reliable the algorithms for the non-linear 
estimation are in the current version of systemfit (while the code for the 
linear estimation is very mature now, the non-linear estimation is still 
under development). You are invited to help us improving the code of 
nlsystemfit ;-)

Best wishes,
Arne

> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Kilian Plank
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