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diff --git a/man/mkinfit.Rd b/man/mkinfit.Rd index 823ceeec..bd7f73b7 100644 --- a/man/mkinfit.Rd +++ b/man/mkinfit.Rd @@ -94,11 +94,16 @@ mkinfit(mkinmod, observed, "lsoda" is performant, but sometimes fails to converge. } \item{method.modFit}{ - The optimisation method passed to \code{\link{modFit}}. The default "Marq" + The optimisation method passed to \code{\link{modFit}}. The default "Marq" is the Levenberg Marquardt algorithm \code{\link{nls.lm}} from the package - \code{minpack.lm}. Often other methods need more iterations to find the - same result. When using "Pseudo", "upper" and "lower" need to be - specified for the transformed parameters. + \code{minpack.lm} and usually needs the least number of iterations. + + For more complex problems where local minima occur, the "Port" algorithm is + recommended as it is less prone to get trapped in local minima and depends + less on starting values for parameters. However, it needs more iterations. + + When using "Pseudo", "upper" and "lower" need to be specified for the + transformed parameters. } \item{control.modFit}{ Additional arguments passed to the optimisation method used by |