RE: st: RE: coefficients constraint in nlsur and nl does not work

["Brian P. Poi" <brian@poiholdings.com>]

Dear Mr.Poi,

Thank you for your kind guidance.
I did try it again according to your suggestion, then Stat says "too few
variables specified".
But , is it in this case? I could not understand.

Mariko


> --------------
>
> Mariko,
>
> When you specify a linear combination with -nlsur-, you should only 
> specify the variables once.  To refer to the linear combination again 
> in your function, you specify just the name and colon, not the 
> variables that go along with it.  I think your syntax should be
>
> . nlsur (y1  =(A)*({bg: $sita_pc}+{mc})/({mc}-{ef: $s_pc2} + {bg:})) 
> ///
>        (y2 = {ef:}/({bg:}+{mc}))
>
>
> (Arguably -nlsur- should probably exit with an error if you try and 
> define a linear combination twice, but it didn't in your case.)
>
>

Mariko,

Without seeing exactly what you typed, it's hard to say.  However, my guess
would be that the global macros $sita_pc and $s_pc2 that you used in your
original command syntax are no longer defined.

   -- Brian Poi
   -- brian@poiholdings.com



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