!&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
      subroutine cpodr_leastsquare(nparams,FCN,params,
     &  npoints,xobs,yobs,iderivative,INFO)
      implicit none
!if derivatives are provided, set iderivative to 1, otherwise set it to 0
C  ODRPACK ARGUMENT DEFINITIONS
C      ==> FCN      NAME OF THE USER SUPPLIED FUNCTION SUBROUTINE
C      ==> N        NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS 
C      ==> M        COLUMNS OF DATA IN THE EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
C      ==> NP       NUMBER OF PARAMETERS
C      ==> NQ       NUMBER OF RESPONSES PER OBSERVATION
C     <==> BETA     FUNCTION PARAMETERS
C      ==> Y        RESPONSE VARIABLE
C      ==> LDY      LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY Y
C      ==> X        EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
C      ==> LDX      LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY X
C      ==> WE       "EPSILON" WEIGHTS
C      ==> LDWE     LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY WE
C      ==> LD2WE    SECOND DIMENSION OF ARRAY WE
C      ==> WD       "DELTA" WEIGHTS
C      ==> LDWD     LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY WD
C      ==> LD2WD    SECOND DIMENSION OF ARRAY WD
C      ==> IFIXB    INDICATORS FOR "FIXING" PARAMETERS (BETA)
C      ==> IFIXX    INDICATORS FOR "FIXING" EXPLANATORY VARIABLE (X)
C      ==> LDIFX    LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY IFIXX
C      ==> JOB      TASK TO BE PERFORMED 
C      ==> NDIGIT   GOOD DIGITS IN SUBROUTINE FUNCTION RESULTS
C      ==> TAUFAC   TRUST REGION INITIALIZATION FACTOR
C      ==> SSTOL    SUM OF SQUARES CONVERGENCE CRITERION
C      ==> PARTOL   PARAMETER CONVERGENCE CRITERION
C      ==> MAXIT    MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ITERATIONS
C      ==> IPRINT   PRINT CONTROL 
C      ==> LUNERR   LOGICAL UNIT FOR ERROR REPORTS 
C      ==> LUNRPT   LOGICAL UNIT FOR COMPUTATION REPORTS 
C      ==> STPB     STEP SIZES FOR FINITE DIFFERENCE DERIVATIVES WRT BETA
C      ==> STPD     STEP SIZES FOR FINITE DIFFERENCE DERIVATIVES WRT DELTA
C      ==> LDSTPD   LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY STPD
C      ==> SCLB     SCALE VALUES FOR PARAMETERS BETA
C      ==> SCLD     SCALE VALUES FOR ERRORS DELTA IN EXPLANATORY VARIABLE 
C      ==> LDSCLD   LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY SCLD
C     <==> WORK     DOUBLE PRECISION WORK VECTOR
C      ==> LWORK    DIMENSION OF VECTOR WORK
C     <==  IWORK    INTEGER WORK VECTOR
C      ==> LIWORK   DIMENSION OF VECTOR IWORK
C     <==  INFO     STOPPING CONDITION 
 
C  PARAMETERS SPECIFYING MAXIMUM PROBLEM SIZES HANDLED BY THIS DRIVER
C     MAXN          MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS 
C     MAXM          MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
C     MAXNP         MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FUNCTION PARAMETERS
C     MAXNQ         MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESPONSES PER OBSERVATION

C  PARAMETER DECLARATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS
      INTEGER    LDIFX,LDSCLD,LDSTPD,LDWD,LDWE,LDX,LDY,LD2WD,LD2WE,
     +           LIWORK,LWORK,MAXM,MAXN,MAXNP,MAXNQ
      PARAMETER (MAXM=25,MAXN=10000,MAXNP=30,MAXNQ=1,
     +           LDY=MAXN,LDX=MAXN,
     +           LDWE=1,LD2WE=1,LDWD=1,LD2WD=1,
     +           LDIFX=MAXN,LDSTPD=1,LDSCLD=1,
     +           LWORK=18 + 11*MAXNP + MAXNP**2 + MAXM + MAXM**2 + 
     +                 4*MAXN*MAXNQ + 6*MAXN*MAXM + 2*MAXN*MAXNQ*MAXNP +  
     +                 2*MAXN*MAXNQ*MAXM + MAXNQ**2 + 
     +                 5*MAXNQ + MAXNQ*(MAXNP+MAXM) + LDWE*LD2WE*MAXNQ,
     +           LIWORK=20+MAXNP+MAXNQ*(MAXNP+MAXM))
C  VARIABLE DECLARATIONS 
      INTEGER          I,INFO,IPRINT,J,JOB,L,LUNERR,LUNRPT,M,MAXIT,N,
     +                 NDIGIT,NP,NQ
      INTEGER          IFIXB(MAXNP),IFIXX(LDIFX,MAXM),IWORK(LIWORK)
      DOUBLE PRECISION PARTOL,SSTOL,TAUFAC
      DOUBLE PRECISION BETA(MAXNP),SCLB(MAXNP),SCLD(LDSCLD,MAXM),
     +                 STPB(MAXNP),STPD(LDSTPD,MAXM),
     +                 WD(LDWD,LD2WD,MAXM),WE(LDWE,LD2WE,MAXNQ),
     +                 WORK(LWORK),X(LDX,MAXM),Y(LDY,MAXNQ)
c
      integer npoints,i1,i2,i3,i4,i5,nparams,iderivative
      double precision yobs(npoints),xobs(npoints),
     &  params(nparams)

      EXTERNAL         FCN
c
C  SPECIFY DEFAULT VALUES FOR DODRC ARGUMENTS
      WE(1,1,1)  = -1.0D0
      WD(1,1,1)  = -1.0D0
      IFIXB(1)   = -1
!      IFIXX(1,1) = -1
      if(iderivative.eq.0)then
!no derivatives provided, using central finite difference
        JOB=13
      else
        JOB=43
      endif
      NDIGIT     = -1
      TAUFAC     = -1.0D0
      SSTOL      = -1.0D0
      PARTOL     = -1.0D0
      MAXIT      = -1
!      IPRINT     = -1
      IPRINT=0
      LUNERR     = -1
      LUNRPT     = -1
      STPB(1)    = -1.0D0
      STPD(1,1)  = -1.0D0
      SCLB(1)    = -1.0D0
      SCLD(1,1)  = -1.0D0

      MAXIT      = 200000
C  SET UP ODRPACK REPORT FILES
      LUNERR  =   107
      LUNRPT  =   108
c
      N=npoints 
      NP=nparams
      M=1
      NQ=1
      do I=1,NP
        BETA(I)=params(I)
      enddo
      do I=1,N
        X(I,1)=xobs(I)
        Y(I,1)=yobs(I)
      enddo
      NQ=1
      
C  READ PROBLEM DATA, AND SET NONDEFAULT VALUE FOR ARGUMENT IFIXX
      DO 10 I=1,N
         DO 15 J=1, M
           IFIXX(I,J) = 1
15       CONTINUE
10    CONTINUE
60        CALL DODRC(FCN,
     +           N,M,NP,NQ,
     +           BETA,
     +           Y,LDY,X,LDX,
     +           WE,LDWE,LD2WE,WD,LDWD,LD2WD,
     +           IFIXB,IFIXX,LDIFX,
     +           JOB,NDIGIT,TAUFAC,
     +           SSTOL,PARTOL,MAXIT,
     +           IPRINT,LUNERR,LUNRPT,
     +           STPB,STPD,LDSTPD,
     +           SCLB,SCLD,LDSCLD,
     +           WORK,LWORK,IWORK,LIWORK,
     +           INFO)
      i1=mod(INFO,10)
      i2=(mod(INFO,100)-i1)/10
      i3=(mod(INFO,1000)-mod(INFO,100))/100
      i4=(mod(INFO,10000)-mod(INFO,1000))/1000
      i5=(INFO-mod(INFO,10000))/10000
      do I=1,NP
        params(I)=BETA(I)
      enddo
      return
      END