Experimental design and process optimization. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maria Isabel Rodrigues, Antonio Francisco Iemma.
• Authors: Rodrigues, Maria Isabel; Iemma, Antônio Francisco
• Contents: Initial Considerations Topics of Elementary Statistics Introductory Notions General Ideas Variables Populations and Samples Importance of the Form of the Population First Ideas of Interference on a Normal Population Parameters and Estimates Notions on Testing Hypotheses Inference of the Mean of a Normal Population Inference of the Variance of a Normal Population Inference of the Means of Two Normal Populations Independent Samples Paired Samples Linear Relationship between Two Quantitative Variables Quantification of a Simple Linear Relationship Functional Relationship amongst Two Variables Understanding Factorial Designs Introductory Concepts Completely Randomized Experimental Designs with a 2k Factorial Scheme Factorial 22 with Non-Significant Interaction The 22 Factorial without Repetitions Factorial Fractions with Two Level General Concepts Half Factorials: ½ Fraction Quarter Factorials: ¼ Fraction Comparison of the Methodologies: Study of One Variable at a Time versus Factorial Design Introduction Case Study - Evaluation of the Effects of pH and Temperature on the Activity of an Enzyme Experimental Strategy for Fractional Factorials and the Central Composite Rotational Design (CeRD) Introduction Case Study - Experimental Design for 2 Independent Variables Case Study - Experimental Design for 3 Independent Variables Case Study - Experimental Design for 4 Independent Variables Case Study - Experimental Design for 5 Independent Variables Case Study - Experimental Design for 6 Independent Variables Case Study - Experimental Design for 7 Independent Variables Case Study - Experimental Design for 8 Independent Variables Selection of Variables Fundamental Theory of the Plackett and Burman (PB) Designs Locating the Problem Hadamard Matrices Some Properties of the Designs PB Matrix Design Final Considerations Matrices of the PB Design Recommendations Matrices of the PB Design Determination of the Main Effects and Calculation of the Deviations for PB Designs Case Study using PB Design Case Studies - Applications in Product Processes and Formulations Case Study - Synthesis of Dextran - Analysis of the Model as from the Coded and Real Values Case Study - Development of Bread with Substituted Ingredients Case Study - Alkalization Process of Cocoa Nibs (Theobroma Cacao L.) and Evaluation of Quality Case Study - Batch Distillation of the Natural Aroma of Cashew Fruit Case Study - Evaluation of Curvature in Fractionated and/or Plackett and Burman (PB) Designs where the Central Point Responses are Lower or Higher than the Other Treatments References Tables
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 519.5; Experimental design; Experimental design -- Case studies; Process control; Process control -- Case studies; Mathematical optimization; Mathematical optimization -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482299564
• Related ISBNs: 9781482299557
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