RE: [R] Nonlinear weighted least squares estimation

2004-11-08 Thread Jesus Frias
Hi Robert You can try gnls() in the nlme package or if that is not suitable, try to follow the example in the nls() help page for weighted regression that has an example of weighted regression from MASS. from the nls help page: ## weighted nonlinear regression Treated -

RE: [R] Nonlinear weighted least squares estimation

2004-11-08 Thread Liaw, Andy
This question has been asked before on the list, but I'm not sure if the answer were posted. Basically, the trick is to write the formula a bit differently in nls() so that it does weighted least squares. nls() tries to minimize the sum of squared differences between the two sides of ~. If you