The Optimal Design of Blocked and Split-Plot Experiments (Lecture Notes in Statistics Vol.164) (2002. XIII, 244 p. w. figs. 23,5 cm)

An indispensable technique in the design stage of a product or a process is the statistically designed experiment for investigating the effect of sev­ eral factors on a quality characteristic. A number of standard experimental designs like, for instance, the factorial designs and the central compos­ ite designs have been proposed.