| profile.nls {stats} | R Documentation | 
Investigates the profilelog-likelihood function for a fitted model of
class "nls".
## S3 method for class 'nls':
profile(fitted, which = 1:npar, maxpts = 100, alphamax = 0.01,
        delta.t = cutoff/5, ...)
fitted | 
the original fitted model object. | 
which | 
the original model parameters which should be profiled. This can be a numeric or character vector. By default, all non-linear parameters are profiled. | 
maxpts | 
maximum number of points to be used for profiling each parameter. | 
alphamax | 
maximum significance level allowed for the profile t-statistics. | 
delta.t | 
suggested change on the scale of the profile t-statistics. Default value chosen to allow profiling at about 10 parameter values. | 
... | 
further arguments passed to or from other methods. | 
The profile t-statistics is defined as the square root of change in sum-of-squares divided by residual standard error with an appropriate sign.
A list with an element for each parameter being profiled. The elements are data-frames with two variables
par.vals | 
a matrix of parameter values for each fitted model. | 
tau | 
the profile t-statistics. | 
Of the original version, Douglas M. Bates and Saikat DebRoy
Bates, D. M. and Watts, D. G. (1988), Nonlinear Regression Analysis and Its Applications, Wiley (chapter 6).
nls, profile, plot.profile.nls
# obtain the fitted object fm1 <- nls(demand ~ SSasympOrig( Time, A, lrc ), data = BOD) # get the profile for the fitted model pr1 <- profile( fm1 ) # profiled values for the two parameters pr1$A pr1$lrc