Hi, I need to perform leastSquaresFit of a model that is given by a differential equation for which there seems to be no analytic solution. So, I am trying to solve the ODE numerically (using scipy.integrate.odeint) within the function I provide to leastSquaresFit as a model:
def func(L, t, a, k) : return -k * L * (1 - ( 1 - a*L**(-1./3) )**3.) def model((k, L0, a), t) : solution = odeint( func, array(L0[0]), array([0,t]), args=(a,k) ) return L0 - solution[1][0] params, chisq = leastSquaresFit(model, params, data) Unfortunately, this approach runs into an error (ValueError: shape mismatch: objects cannot be broadcast to a single shape) that seems to stem from the fact that leastSquaresFit is based on automatic derivation (DerivVar), and according to the manual "the function [that defines the model] may only use the mathematical functions known to the module FirstDerivatives". What is a good solution or workaround to this problem which appears to be quite a standard situation to me? Thanks for any help, harold. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list