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Re: mpfit: meaning of status flag [message #53645] Fri, 27 April 2007 11:32 Go to previous message
Craig Markwardt is currently offline  Craig Markwardt
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Maarten <maarten.sneep@knmi.nl> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using mpfit (actually mpfitfun) to do some fitting. Even though
> the fit seems to converge properly, for all fits I get the message:
> improper input perameters. Is this a problem? I must admit that I
> thoughly abuse the X variable, to pass some extra information around,
> but as far as I know, mpfit does not touch this variable. On the other
> hand, looking at the list of possible status values, I wouldn't know
> exactly what's good, and what isn't.

As you suspect, neither MPFIT nor MPFITFUN touches the "X" values. As
I note on my FAQ, check the ERRMSG keyword for a text description of
the problem. Usually you have specified a model parameter outside of
its limits or something like that.

Craig

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