Hi, I am using the nls function and it stops because the number of iterations exceeded 50, but i used the nls.control argument to allow for 500 iterations. Do you have any idea why it's not working? fm1 <- nls(npe ~ SSgompertz(npo, Asym, b2, b3), data=f,control=nls.control(maxiter=500)) Thanks for your help, Cheers, Karine.