What is the functional form for the sigmoidal fit?
I can't seem to find it
within the Help or in the Manual. There are two slightly different versions of the sigmoidal function: Logistic and Boltzman. What is the difference? The functional form used for a sigmoidal fit (from Analysis:Fit Sigmoidal) depends on the X scale type. If you are trying to fit your data to a sigmoidal fit curve with a linear X scale, the function used will be the Boltzmann: Boltzmann => y = A2 + (A1-A2)/(1 + exp((x-x0)/dx)) A1 initial value (left horizontal asymptote) A2 final value (right horizontal asymptote) x0 center (point of inflection) dx width (the change in X corresponding to the most significant change in Y values)also shown as Rate in Sigmoidal Fit tool. If you are trying to fit your data to a sigmoidal fit curve with a Log10 X scale, the function used will be the Logistic: Logistic => y = A2 + (A1-A2)/(1 + (x/x0)^p) A1 initial value (left horizontal asymptote) A2 final value (right horizontal asymptote) x0 center (point of inflection) p power (similar to dx, but can be loosely described as the parameter that affects the slope of the area about the inflection point)- also shown as Rate in the Sigmoidal Fit tool. If you are fitting from the nonlinear curve fitter with either of these fitting functions, try to follow the same convention as Analysis:Fit Sigmoidal does (i.e. use the boltzmann with a linear X axis and the logistic when your data is graphed using a log10 X axis). If you are using the Sigmoidal fit tool, Logistic is used automatically if the X axis scale is set to log10, regardless of whether you have Boltzmann or Dose Response selected. However, if you have a linear scale and Dose Response is selected, the DoseResp function is used. This is different than the Analysis:Fit Sigmoidal menu which only uses Boltzmann or Logistic. To see any of the above equations, selectAnalysis:Nonlinear Curve Fit. If you see a button called More in the fitter, click on it. Otherwise do nothing. Then select Function: Select from the fitter menus and scroll through the list of functions in the Growth/Sigmoidal Category until you find either the Boltzmann or Logistic function. Click on it and then select the Equation radio button (to see the equation). If you wish to see more about the equation, select Function:Edit. Finally, click on the File button in the bottom left corner of the fitter and it will show you all that is defined within the FDF (function definition file) for that function. These same FDFs can be accessed by navigating to the FitFunc folder in your Origin directory through Windows Explorer.