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Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function [message #84352 is a reply to message #84349]

Thu, 30 May 2013 16:37

David Fanning
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wlandsman writes:

> On Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:47:59 PM UTC-4, rr...@stsci.edu wrote:
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>> BTW, Craig. What does MPFIT stand for? I mean, I can guess about what FIT is... But MP?
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> I'm guessing MP stands for MinPack -- http://www.netlib.org/minpack/ - which is the source of the original FORTRAN algorithms. And I'm guessing that MinPack stands for minimization package. --Wayne

Doh, I had this all lined up for this years IDL Expert Programmer's
Association (IEPA) test question:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/misc_tips/iepa_test.html

Back to the drawing board. :-(

Cheers,

David

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Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 30 May 2013 21:56
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 30 May 2013 21:48
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 May 2013 16:37
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: wlandsman on Thu, 30 May 2013 16:05
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 May 2013 12:25
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Meg on Thu, 30 May 2013 12:09
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Russell Ryan on Thu, 30 May 2013 11:47
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 29 May 2013 18:39
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Russell Ryan on Wed, 29 May 2013 13:15
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 May 2013 08:38
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Meg on Thu, 30 May 2013 12:05
		Re: alternative to CURVEFIT function By: Russell Ryan on Fri, 31 May 2013 05:59

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