Interpolation / Curve fitting / Empirical formula

Hii, I have an Eq.- M=A[P^a]*[Q^b]*[R^c] From experiments the value of M,P,Q,R is known to me. Now i need to find the value of A,a,b,c... Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem

Answer 1

[Andrew Newell]

Take the logarithms of both sides, so you have a linear regression problem. How you solve that depends on whether you have the Statistics Toolbox.

[satendra kumar]

Thanks for your ans, but In my prblm the power may be anything not like 1,2,3,4. The values of a,b,c can be anything as .5,.6 so I think its not a linear regression problem.

Kindly send me some more suggestions

[Andrew Newell]

If you take the logarithms, you get:

log(M) = log(A) + a*log(P) + b*log(Q) + c*log(R).

That's a linear equation, equivalent to

y = r +a*x1 + b*x2 +c*x3.

That's a linear equation in the variables y=log(M), x1=log(P), etc., and there is certainly no requirement that r, a, b and c be integers.