This performs a brute-force search in parameter space. The algorithm assumes a narrowing-down search will produce a decent fit.
find.ab.params(spread, min.dist, alim = c(0, 20), blim = c(0, 20),
tolerance = 1e-08)
numeric
numeric
numeric vector of length 2, initial search range for parameter a
numeric vector of length 2, initial search range for parameter b
numeric, determines how deeply to search
vector with componets "a" and "b" that are most appropriate for the given spread and min.dist.