Khuri, Andre I.; Cornell, John A.

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• Introduction to response surface methodology; matrix algebra, least squares, the analysis of variance, and principles of experimental design; first-order models and designs; second-order models and designs; determining optimum conditions; methods of estimating response surfaces that rival least squares based on the integrated mean squared error criterion; analysis of multiresponse experiments; response surface models with block effects; mixture designs and analyses; nonlinear response surface models; Taguchi's robust parameter design; additional topics and some directions for future research. Appendix: solutions to selected exercises.