GEORGE E. P. BOX, PhD, is Ronald Aylmer Fisher Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His lifelong work has defined statistical analysis, while his name and research is a part of some of the most influential statistical constructs, including Box & Jenkins models, Box & Cox transformations, and Box & Behnken designs. Dr. Box is the coauthor of a number of Wiley books, including most recently, Statistical Control by Monitoring and Adjustment, Second Edition; Response Surfaces, Mixtures, and Ridge Analyses, Second Edition; and Improving Almost Anything: Ideas and Essays, Revised Edition. George C. Tiao is emeritus professor in the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He contributed to the development of Bayesian Statistics, Time Series Analysis and Environmental Statistics. He has authored, co-authored or co-edited seven books.

• The Basic Ideas. Simple Statistical Principles on Which EVOP is Based. The 2^2 and 2^3 Factorial Designs. Worksheets for Two-Variable EVOP Programs. Worksheets for Three-Variable EVOP Programs. Some Aspects of the Organization of Evolutionary Operation. EVOP, Optimization, and Variations of EVOP. Comments and Questions on EVOP. Appendices. Tables. References and Bibliography. Index.