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selfStart {nls}R Documentation

Construct Self-starting Nonlinear Models

Description

This function is generic; methods functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. Available methods include selfStart.default and selfStart.formula. See the documentation on the appropriate method function.

Usage

selfStart(model, initial, parameters, template)

Value

a function object of the selfStart class.

Author(s)

Jose Pinheiro and Douglas Bates

See Also

selfStart.default, selfStart.formula

Examples

## see documentation for the methods