## tests of nls, especially of weighted fits .proctime00 <- proc.time() library(stats) options(digits=5) # to avoid trivial printed differences postscript("nls-test.ps") ## selfStart.default() w/ no parameters: logist <- deriv( ~Asym/(1+exp(-(x-xmid)/scal)), c("Asym", "xmid", "scal"), function(x, Asym, xmid, scal){} ) logistInit <- function(mCall, LHS, data) { xy <- sortedXyData(mCall[["x"]], LHS, data) if(nrow(xy) < 3) stop("Too few distinct input values to fit a logistic") Asym <- max(abs(xy[,"y"])) if (Asym != max(xy[,"y"])) Asym <- -Asym # negative asymptote xmid <- NLSstClosestX(xy, 0.5 * Asym) scal <- NLSstClosestX(xy, 0.75 * Asym) - xmid value <- c(Asym, xmid, scal) names(value) <- mCall[c("Asym", "xmid", "scal")] value } logist <- selfStart(logist, initial = logistInit) ##-> Error in R 1.5.0 str(logist) ## lower and upper in algorithm="port" set.seed(123) x <- runif(200) a <- b <- 1; c <- -0.1 y <- a+b*x+c*x^2+rnorm(200, sd=0.05) plot(x,y) curve(a+b*x+c*x^2, add = TRUE) nls(y ~ a+b*x+c*I(x^2), start = c(a=1, b=1, c=0.1), algorithm = "port") (fm <- nls(y ~ a+b*x+c*I(x^2), start = c(a=1, b=1, c=0.1), algorithm = "port", lower = c(0, 0, 0))) confint(fm) ## weighted nls fit: unsupported < 2.3.0 set.seed(123) y <- x <- 1:10 yeps <- y + rnorm(length(y), sd = 0.01) wts <- rep(c(1, 2), length = 10); wts[5] <- 0 fit0 <- lm(yeps ~ x, weights = wts) summary(fit0, cor = TRUE) cf0 <- coef(summary(fit0))[, 1:2] fit <- nls(yeps ~ a + b*x, start = list(a = 0.12345, b = 0.54321), weights = wts, trace = TRUE) summary(fit, cor = TRUE) stopifnot(all.equal(residuals(fit), residuals(fit0), 1e5, check.attributes = FALSE)) stopifnot(df.residual(fit) == df.residual(fit0)) cf1 <- coef(summary(fit))[, 1:2] fit2 <- nls(yeps ~ a + b*x, start = list(a = 0.12345, b = 0.54321), weights = wts, trace = TRUE, algorithm = "port") summary(fit2, cor = TRUE) cf2 <- coef(summary(fit2))[, 1:2] rownames(cf0) <- c("a", "b") # expect relative errors ca 2e-08 stopifnot(all.equal(cf1, cf0, 1e-6), all.equal(cf1, cf0, 1e-6)) stopifnot(all.equal(residuals(fit2), residuals(fit0), 1e5, check.attributes = FALSE)) DNase1 <- subset(DNase, Run == 1) DNase1$wts <- rep(8:1, each = 2) fm1 <- nls(density ~ SSlogis(log(conc), Asym, xmid, scal), data = DNase1, weights = wts) summary(fm1) ## directly fm2 <- nls(density ~ Asym/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc))/scal)), data = DNase1, weights = wts, start = list(Asym = 3, xmid = 0, scal = 1)) summary(fm2) stopifnot(all.equal(coef(summary(fm2)), coef(summary(fm1)), tol = 1e-6)) stopifnot(all.equal(residuals(fm2), residuals(fm1), tol = 1e-5)) stopifnot(all.equal(fitted(fm2), fitted(fm1), tol = 1e-6)) fm2a <- nls(density ~ Asym/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc)))), data = DNase1, weights = wts, start = list(Asym = 3, xmid = 0)) anova(fm2a, fm2) ## and without using weights fm3 <- nls(~ sqrt(wts) * (density - Asym/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc))/scal))), data = DNase1, start = list(Asym = 3, xmid = 0, scal = 1)) summary(fm3) stopifnot(all.equal(coef(summary(fm3)), coef(summary(fm1)), tol = 1e-6)) ft <- with(DNase1, density - fitted(fm3)/sqrt(wts)) stopifnot(all.equal(ft, fitted(fm1), tol = 1e-6)) # sign of residuals is reversed r <- with(DNase1, -residuals(fm3)/sqrt(wts)) all.equal(r, residuals(fm1), tol = 1e05) fm3a <- nls(~ sqrt(wts) * (density - Asym/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc))))), data = DNase1, start = list(Asym = 3, xmid = 0)) anova(fm3a, fm3) ## using conditional linearity fm4 <- nls(density ~ 1/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc))/scal)), data = DNase1, weights = wts, start = list(xmid = 0, scal = 1), algorithm = "plinear") summary(fm4) cf <- coef(summary(fm4))[c(3,1,2), ] rownames(cf)[2] <- "Asym" stopifnot(all.equal(cf, coef(summary(fm1)), tol = 1e-6, check.attributes = FALSE)) stopifnot(all.equal(residuals(fm4), residuals(fm1), tol = 1e-5)) stopifnot(all.equal(fitted(fm4), fitted(fm1), tol = 1e-6)) fm4a <- nls(density ~ 1/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc)))), data = DNase1, weights = wts, start = list(xmid = 0), algorithm = "plinear") anova(fm4a, fm4) ## using 'port' fm5 <- nls(density ~ Asym/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc))/scal)), data = DNase1, weights = wts, start = list(Asym = 3, xmid = 0, scal = 1), algorithm = "port") summary(fm5) stopifnot(all.equal(coef(summary(fm5)), coef(summary(fm1)), tol = 1e-6)) stopifnot(all.equal(residuals(fm5), residuals(fm1), tol = 1e-5)) stopifnot(all.equal(fitted(fm5), fitted(fm1), tol = 1e-6)) ## check profiling pfm1 <- profile(fm1) pfm3 <- profile(fm3) for(m in names(pfm1)) stopifnot(all.equal(pfm1[[m]], pfm3[[m]], tol=1e-5)) pfm5 <- profile(fm5) for(m in names(pfm1)) stopifnot(all.equal(pfm1[[m]], pfm5[[m]], tol=1e-5)) (c1 <- confint(fm1)) (c4 <- confint(fm4, 1:2)) stopifnot(all.equal(c1[2:3, ], c4, tol = 1e-3)) ## some low-dimensional examples npts <- 1000 set.seed(1001) x <- runif(npts) b <- 0.7 y <- x^b+rnorm(npts, sd=0.05) a <- 0.5 y2 <- a*x^b+rnorm(npts, sd=0.05) c <- 1.0 y3 <- a*(x+c)^b+rnorm(npts, sd=0.05) d <- 0.5 y4 <- a*(x^d+c)^b+rnorm(npts, sd=0.05) m1 <- c(y ~ x^b, y2 ~ a*x^b, y3 ~ a*(x+exp(logc))^b) s1 <- list(c(b=1), c(a=1,b=1), c(a=1,b=1,logc=0)) for(p in 1:3) { fm <- nls(m1[[p]], start = s1[[p]]) print(fm) print(confint(fm)) fm <- nls(m1[[p]], start = s1[[p]], algorithm="port") print(fm) print(confint(fm)) } fm <- nls(y2~x^b, start=c(b=1), algorithm="plinear") confint(profile(fm)) fm <- nls(y3 ~ (x+exp(logc))^b, start=c(b=1, logc=0), algorithm="plinear") confint(profile(fm)) ## more profiling with bounds npts <- 10 set.seed(1001) a <- 2 b <- 0.5 x <- runif(npts) y <- a*x/(1+a*b*x) + rnorm(npts, sd=0.2) gfun <- function(a,b,x) { if(a < 0 || b < 0) stop("bounds violated") a*x/(1+a*b*x) } m1 <- nls(y ~ gfun(a,b,x), algorithm = "port", lower = c(0,0), start = c(a=1, b=1)) (pr1 <- profile(m1)) confint(pr1) gfun <- function(a,b,x) { if(a < 0 || b < 0 || a > 1.5 || b > 1) stop("bounds violated") a*x/(1+a*b*x) } m2 <- nls(y ~ gfun(a,b,x), algorithm = "port", lower = c(0, 0), upper=c(1.5, 1), start = c(a=1, b=1)) profile(m2) confint(m2) ## scoping problems test <- function() { x <- seq(0,5,len=20) n <- 1 y <- 2*x^2 + n + rnorm(x) xy <- data.frame(x=x,y=y) myf <- function(x,a,b,c) a*x^b+c nls(y ~ myf(x,a,b,n), data=xy, start=c(a=1,b=1), trace=TRUE) } test() ## failed to find n in 2.2.x ## found wrong n in 2.3.x ## finally worked in 2.4.0 cat('Time elapsed: ', proc.time() - .proctime00,'\n')