Table 1 The results of a standard iterative curve-fitting method with a good and a bad initial condition (using 1 noise realization for each case)
Case | Bad initial condition | Good initial condition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K 1(min -1) | k 2(min -1) | k 3(min -1) | k 4(min -1) | K 1(min -1) | k 2(min -1) | k 3(min -1) | k 4(min -1) | |
Initial | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.15 |
α = 0 | 0.14 | −1.62 | −5.10 | −2.10 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
α = 0.1 | 0.13 | −1.65 | −5.14 | −2.090 | 0.4 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
α = 0.4 | 0.12 | −1.64 | −5.03 | −2.038 | 0.391 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.09 |
True | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.10 |