Re: [R] Fix for nls bug???

2008-08-08 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Keith Jewell wrote: Dear Prof. Ripley, Thank you for your helpful reply. I will download and try R-patched ASAP. I take your point, I should have tried the latest version (R-patched) before posting. With respect to R-patched, would you recommend its use routinely, or only

Re: [R] Fix for nls bug??? [already fixed in R-patched]

2008-08-08 Thread Keith Jewell
Dear Prof. Ripley, Thanks for that. Just to wrap up the thread, I confirm that my problem is fully fixed in R-patched. Best regards, Keith Jewell --- Prof Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Keith Jewell wrote: Dear Prof.

Re: [R] Fix for nls bug???

2008-08-06 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Your example works in R-patched, as a consequence of investigations of a different problem. (See the comments in the posting guide about updating your R and trying the very latest versions.) Windows binaries for R-patched are available on CRAN. On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Keith Jewell wrote: Hi

[R] Fix for nls bug???

2008-08-05 Thread Keith Jewell
Hi All, I've hit a problem using nls. I think it may be a restriction in the applicability of nls and I may have found a fix, but I've been wrong before. This example is simplified to the essentials. My real application is much more complicated. Take a function of matrix 'x' with additional