[sci.research] surface fitting program WANTED

jcd@ecersg.ncsu.edu (Joseph C. Davis) (08/09/90)

I am doing an investigation of the effects of several second-order
parameters on the performance of a Chemical Vapor Deposition furnace.
In order to analyse the data, i am in need of a program that can take 
a function of up to 6 INDEPENDENT variables, and fit it to a set of data.
The program needs to be able to handle exponential and power functions, 
also.  I have a program that handles this type of fitting for one independent
variable, but i have 5, and may add another to the experiment.


i would appreciate ANY lead that anyone could give me to such a program. i 
could probably write one myself, but it would take several months of research
and another month of programming. i don't have that kind of time to throw 
into something that i am sure someone has done before.

please reply by e-mail if possible. ( jcd@ecegabriel.ncsu.edu )

many thanks,
jcd