A study was made to test and compare the behavior of a standard non-linear regression program (BMDP3R) in fitting data from six classical least-squares problems. The use of three program control parameters is discussed and four measures of regression failure are utilized to give a quantitative reference of success. Recommendations are given to aid the user of packaged programs in the parameter estimation of non-linear regression models.

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