Table 1.

Results from model runs using the 5-parameter logistic function. Parameter values are listed beside the optimization method. The asterisk in the final column refers to the best model

Optim.call	L	K	doy_ip	r	theta	ML	Best.ML
Starting	54.539	55.274	187	0.080	1.000	NA	NA
L-BFGS-B	54.402	55.270	187	0.044	3.655	−44.7814	0
L-BFGS-B wt	54.447	55.264	187	0.049	3.624	−44.7215	0
N-M	54.402	55.270	187	0.044	3.679	−44.7814	*
N-M wt	54.446	55.263	188	0.049	3.964	−44.7181	0
SANN	54.402	55.270	187	0.044	3.655	−44.7814	0
SANN wt	54.429	55.268	187	0.047	3.689	−44.7427	0