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diff --git a/man/mkinfit.Rd b/man/mkinfit.Rd
index e7d35e4d..f7dd7009 100644
--- a/man/mkinfit.Rd
+++ b/man/mkinfit.Rd
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ mkinfit(mkinmod, observed,
quiet = FALSE,
atol = 1e-8, rtol = 1e-10, n.outtimes = 100,
error_model = c("const", "obs", "tc"),
- error_model_algorithm = c("d_3", "direct", "twostep", "threestep", "fourstep", "IRLS"),
+ error_model_algorithm = c("d_3", "direct", "twostep", "threestep", "fourstep", "IRLS",
+ "OLS"),
reweight.tol = 1e-8, reweight.max.iter = 10,
trace_parms = FALSE, ...)
}
@@ -200,10 +201,14 @@ mkinfit(mkinmod, observed,
with fixed error model parameters, and finally minimizes the negative
log-likelihood with free degradation and error model parameters.
- The algorithm "IRLS" starts with unweighted least squares,
- and then iterates optimization of the error model parameters and subsequent
+ The algorithm "IRLS" (Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares) starts with
+ unweighted least squares, and then iterates optimization of the error model
+ parameters and subsequent
optimization of the degradation model using those error model parameters,
until the error model parameters converge.
+
+ The algorithm "OLS" (Ordinary Least Squares) is automatically selected when
+ the error model is "const" and results in an unweighted least squares fit.
}
\item{reweight.tol}{
Tolerance for the convergence criterion calculated from the error model

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