The optimal design of blocked experiments in industry

Applied Optimal Designs

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 247-279

  Goos, Peter ^a,b   Tack, Lieven ^b   Vandebroek, Martina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blocking factors; Cost efficient run orders; Design construction algorithms; Fixed block effects; Fractional factorial designs; Random block effects model; Time trends; Trend free block design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751058945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470857005.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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