Hello,
I have fitted two curves to the data. How can I tell which one is more
fitted? By eye (see plot underneath) I would say that the function
Gompertz is better than the function Holling type III; how can I give
a number to this hunch?
This is an example:
```
# functions
holling = function(a, b, x) {
y = (a * x^2) / (b^2 + x^2)
return(y)
}
gompertz = function(a, b, c, x) {
y = a * exp(-b * exp(-c * x))
return(y)
}
# data
actual <- c(8, 24, 39, 63, 89, 115, 153)
holling <- c(4.478803, 17.404533, 37.384128, 62.492663, 90.683630,
120.118174, 149.347683)
gompertz <- c(11.30771, 22.39017, 38.99516, 61.19318, 88.23403,
118.77225, 151.19849)
# plot
plot(1:length(actual), actual, lty = 1 , type = "l", lwd = 2,
xlab = "Index", ylab = "Values")
points(1:length(actual), holling, lty = 2, type = "l", col = "red")
points(1:length(actual), gompertz, lty = 3, type = "l", col = "blue")
legend("bottomright",
legend = c("Actual values", "Holling III", "Gompertz"),
lty = c(1, 2, 3), lwd = c(2, 1,1), col = c("black", "red", "blue"))
```
Thank you
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