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MGH17

Procedure: Nonlinear Least Squares Regression
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Data: 1 Response Variable (y)
1 Predictor Variable (x)
33 Observations
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Model: y = f(x;beta) + e = beta(1) + beta(2)exp[-beta(4)x] + beta(3)exp[-beta(5)x] + e

This problem was found to be difficult for some very good algorithms. See More, J. J., Garbow, B. S., and Hillstrom, K. E. (1981). Testing unconstrained optimization software. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 7(1): pp. 17-41.