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Dataset
Name:
Gauss1

Procedure: Nonlinear Least Squares Regression
Certification Method & Definitions

Data: 1 Response Variable (y)
1 Predictor Variable (x)
250 Observations
Lower Level of Difficulty
Generated Data
Model: y = f(x;beta) + e = beta(1)exp[-beta(2)x] + beta(3) exp[-(x - beta(4)^2 / beta(5)^2] + beta(6) exp[-(x - beta(7)^2 / beta(8)^2] + e


               Starting Values     

Parameter		      Start 1      Start 2      Start 3
     beta(1) 9.7000000000E+01 9.4000000000E+01 9.8778210871E+01
     beta(2) 9.0000000000E-03 1.0500000000E-02 1.0497276517E-02
     beta(3) 1.0000000000E+02 9.9000000000E+01 1.0048990633E+02
     beta(4) 6.5000000000E+01 6.3000000000E+01 6.7481111276E+01
     beta(5) 2.0000000000E+01 2.5000000000E+01 2.3129773360E+01
     beta(6) 7.0000000000E+01 7.1000000000E+01 7.1994503004E+01
     beta(7) 1.7800000000E+02 1.8000000000E+02 1.7899805021E+02
     beta(8) 1.6500000000E+01 2.0000000000E+01 1.8389389025E+01