You can do this. dsm = c(800,600,NA,525,NA,450,400,NA,NA,NA,0) s3 = seq(0.05,1.05,0.1)
plot(s3,dsm,col="blue",las=1,xlab="fraction",ylab="distance (km)") fc <- function(x,a,b){a*exp(-b*x)} fm <- nls(dsm~fc(s3,a,b),start=c(a=800,b=0)) co <- coef(fm) curve(fc(x,a=co[1],b=co[2]),add=TRUE,col="black",lwd=1) r <- range(s3,na.rm=TRUE) # range should be changed n.dsm <- fc(1/2.71, co[1], co[2]) # calculate a different intersection val <- optimize(f=function(x) abs(fc(x,a=co[1],b=co[2])-n.dsm),c(r[1],r[2])) abline(h=n.dsm,lty=2,col="blue",lwd=1) abline(v=n,lty=2,col="red",lwd=1) text(0.1, 500, paste(round(n.dsm,2),"km",sep=" ")) # text should be placed at different location However, note that you do not need `optimize'. The answer that you are seeking is `n.dsm', which is obtained directly from the nls fit. Ravi. -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Muhammad Rahiz Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:45 AM To: x.r-help Subject: [R] nls & optimize Hi all, I'm plotting to get the intersection value of three curves. Defining the x-axis as dsm, the following code works; dsm = c(800,600,NA,525,NA,450,400,NA,NA,NA,0) s3 = seq(0.05,1.05,0.1) plot(dsm,s3,col="blue",las=1,ylab="fraction",xlab="distance (km)") fc <- function(x,a,b){a*exp(-b*x)} fm <- nls(s3~fc(dsm,a,b),start=c(a=1,b=0)) co <- coef(fm) curve(fc(x,a=co[1],b=co[2]),add=TRUE,col="black",lwd=1) r <- range(dsm,na.rm=TRUE) n <- 1/2.71 val <- optimize(f=function(x) abs(fc(x,a=co[1],b=co[2])-n),c(r[1],r[2])) abline(v=val$minimum,lty=2,col="blue",lwd=1) abline(h=n,lty=2,col="red",lwd=1) text(100,0.1,paste(round(val$minimum,2),"km",sep=" ")) When I flip the axes, i.e. x-axis = s3, and change the nls start up value to a=800, the three curves does not intersect. dsm = c(800,600,NA,525,NA,450,400,NA,NA,NA,0) s3 = seq(0.05,1.05,0.1) plot(s3,dsm,col="blue",las=1,xlab="fraction",ylab="distance (km)") fc <- function(x,a,b){a*exp(-b*x)} fm <- nls(dsm~fc(s3,a,b),start=c(a=800,b=0)) co <- coef(fm) curve(fc(x,a=co[1],b=co[2]),add=TRUE,col="black",lwd=1) r <- range(dsm,na.rm=TRUE) n <- 1/2.71 val <- optimize(f=function(x) abs(fc(x,a=co[1],b=co[2])-n),c(r[1],r[2])) abline(h=val$minimum,lty=2,col="blue",lwd=1) abline(v=n,lty=2,col="red",lwd=1) text(100,0.1,paste(round(val$minimum,2),"km",sep=" ")) It's merely reversing the axes - the code should work, shouldn't it? Any suggestions why this happens and how I can correct it? Thanks. Muhammad ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.