Optimal Designs

Points to Remember

Optimal designs provide a way of planning experiments that do not fall into the standard categories of two-level, response surface, mixed level, and mixture designs. Often, optimal designs are used when the design region is irregular or when the number of runs required by a standard design exceeds the available resources.
To create an optimal design in ADX, you must click Define Variables to create a candidate set of runs from which to choose.
You must specify the model, using the Design Specification window, for the effects you want to estimate.
You can specify the number of runs you want in an optimal design, but you must be sure to specify enough runs to estimate the effects you have specified in your model.