[R] fitting a hyperbola to data points

[Manoj Srivastava]

Hi,

        I am new to R, and I suspect I am missing something simple.

        I have a data set that  performance data that correlates request
 rate to response times 
        http://pastebin.com/Xhg0RaUp
 There is some jitter in the data, but mostly it looks like a hockey
 puck curve. It does not get converted into a straight line when I tried
 log conversions, so it does not seem to be a power series relationship.

        My expectation is that the data will fit a curve that is a
 hyperbola, but I don't know how to formulate that regression. How does
 one fit data to a general function
   AX^2 + Bxy + Cy^2 +D = 0

        I have tried polynomial functions and inverse functions
 lm2 = lm(Time ~ Requests + I(Requests^2) +  I(Requests^3))
 but that does not appear to be close.

        Any pointers appreciated.

        manoj

dat <- read.csv("perf.csv",header=TRUE)
plot (Time ~ Requests)
plot (Time ~ Requests, log="y")
plot (Time ~ Requests, log="x")
plot (Time ~ Requests, log="xy")


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