STAT 803: Experimental Design I
Instructor: Professor Wei-Yin Loh

Send email to: loh@stat.wisc.edu

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Prerequisites

Knowledge of ANOVA and regression

Required Text

Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization by C. F. J. Wu and M. Hamada, Wiley

Syllabus

Two-level factorial experiments

  • Unreplicated complete factorials
  • Blocked unreplicated complete factorials
  • Fractional factorials
  • Blocked fractional factorials
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    Three-level factorial experiments

  • Complete factorials
  • Blocked complete factorials
  • Fractional factorials
  • Blocked fractional factorials
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    Mixed-level factorial experiments

  • Mixed two and four-level designs
  • Mixed two and three-level designs
  • r-level fractional factorials for r a prime number
  • Minimum aberration designs
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    Non-regular designs

  • Construction of mixed-level orthogonal arrays
  • Plackett-Burman and Hall designs
  • Partial and complex aliasing
  • Bayesian variable selection for experiments with complex aliasing
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    Response surface methodology

  • Second-order designs
  • Multiple responses
  • Central composite designs
  • Box-Behnken designs
  • Uniform shell designs
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    Robust parameter designs

  • Strategies for variation reduction
  • Signal-to-noise ratio
  • Single arrays
  • Cross arrays
  • Performance measures for design optimization
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    Grading

    One 50-minute midterm exam, one 2-hour final exam, and a course project

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    This page last updated on Sep 4, 2002.