From: R Mullins <dyche@itsa.ucsf.edu>
  To  : rasmb@bbri.harvard.edu
  Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:36:02 -0700 (PDT)

global nonlinear fitting

Does anybody know of a good, inexpensive software package to do 
global, nonlinear least squares fitting for systems of ordinary
differential equations? We have been using KINSIM and FITSIM for 
years but now I think it's time to move on. FITSIM doesn't have 
the world's most user frienldy interface and isn't very numerically
stable, especially when fitting multiple parameters. Our preferred
operating system is LINUX. 

Thanks,

Dyche

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Dyche Mullins
Dept. Cell. and Molec. Pharmacology
Health Sciences East, Rm. 1001E
University of California, School of Medicine
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