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dpi
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'Power Law with singularity' regression - error
Posted:
Mar 3, 2013 10:57 PM
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Hi,
I am testing the "Power Law with finite-time singularity" hypothesis for the World population growth for a project.
For that I was trying the following model:
model = A + B*(c - x)^z;
And then the following curve fit method:
FindFit[data, {model}, {A, B, c, z}, x]
But I always get the result:
Power::indet: "Indeterminate expression 0.^0. encountered."
FindFit::nrjnum: "The Jacobian is not a matrix of real numbers at {A,B,c,z} = {1.,1.,1.,1.}. "
{A -> 1., B -> 1., c -> 1., z -> 1.}
If I do a normal Power law regression, FindFit works perfectly, but the title of the project being "Power Law with finite-time singularity" I need to have a singularity in the model and the main aim is to find when this singularity occurs.
Is there a way to use 'FindFit[]' to get the correct answer? Or Should I be using some other function?
I have seen other articles on this site concerning issues with FindFit, but none of them has helped me resolve this problem.
Thanks for the help!
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