文档介绍：RESPONSE SURFACE
METHODOLOGY AND
RELATED TOPICS
RESPONSE SURFACE
METHODOLOGY AND
RELATED TOPICS
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Response surface methodology and related topics / [edited by] . Khuri.
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ISBN 981-256-458-6 (alk. paper)
1. Response surfaces (Statistics) I. Khuri, Andr6 I., 1940-
2005
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Preface
Response surface methodology (RSM) began with the work of Box and
Wilson (1951) in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B.
That work was motivated by the need to run experiments efficiently, by a
proper choice of design, and to determine