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Fitting functions to data with nonlinear parameter dependence is challenging, particularly for differential equations common in chemical kinetics, due to the need for good initial estimates. We propose a method to automatically generate robust initial estimates for mass-action kinetic ODEs (where the right-hand side is linear in parameters). Illustrative examples show these estimates often yield highly accurate final fits.
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