1 2C 3C P A C K A G E : SNLS1E 4C 5C THIS PACKAGE SOLVES NON LINEAR LEAST SQUARES PROBLEMS. 6C THAT IS, MINIMIZING A SUM OF SQUARES OF M NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS 7C OF N VARIABLES. IN ADDITION THE PACKAGE USES SOME PROGRAMS 8C FOR SOLVING A SYSTEM OF NON LINEAR EQUATIONS WHICH CAN BE USED 9C INDEPENDENTLY. 10C 11C THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS ARE: 12C SNLS1E EASY TO USE NON LINEAR LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZER. 13C SNLS1 GENERAL (FLEXIBLE) NON LINEAR LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZER. 14C SNSQE EASY TO USE NON LINEAR EQUATION SOLVER. 15C SNSQ GENERAL (FLEXIBLE) NON LINEAR EQUATION SOLVER. 16C BOTH SNSQE AND SNSQ USE LEVENBERG-MARQUART METHOD. 17C SOS EASY TO USE NON LINEAR EQUATION SOLVER (BROWN'S METHOD). 18C 19C SEE INDIVIDUAL ROUTINE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS. 20C 21 22 23