On Wednesday 14 January 2004 19:57, Kristian Omland wrote:
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> Is Excel's Solver an adequate tool for numerical approximation in general
> and nonlinear regression in particular? Or should I push on writing
> S-Plus code?
From what I've heard (and I know some expert users), Excel's solver
Hi,
I don't know S-Plus and its functions nlminb() and ms(). However, in R I would
use optim(), optimize or nlm(). I used these functions quiet often and had
only very few problems. I think that R is better, easier and more flexible
than Excel (at least in the long run), but since I don't anyth
Hi all,
Earlier today I posted this question on s-news, so apologies to some for
the duplication.
Please put aside your snobbery about Microsoft products for a moment.
I am fitting population models to annual survey data for trout. For those of you familiar with ecological models, I am working
