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Three‐dimensional sequential uniform design

Guizhi Wang (College of Mathematics and Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, People's Republic of China)
Jing Zhao (College of Mathematics and Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, People's Republic of China)
Jibo Chen (College of Mathematics and Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, People's Republic of China)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 10 April 2009

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to extend two‐dimensional sequential uniform design and present three‐dimensional sequential uniform design which can optimize the problem of determining the extreme value of three‐factor polynomial.

Design/methodology/approach

Since there are limitations in two‐dimensional sequential uniform design, three‐dimensional sequential uniform design introduced in this paper is to arrange the experimental points by U9(93) uniform design table and to determine the maximum of the experimental values according to the demand. It is proven that the convergence of the experimental central point's sequence and that it can optimize the problem of determining the extreme value of no‐cross term quadratic polynomial monotone function class and the corresponding conditions are also proven. Taking the no‐cross term quadratic polynomial monotone function as an example, the superiority of it is testified.

Findings

Three‐dimensional sequential uniform design can optimize the problem of determining the extreme value of three‐factor polynomial. It can get higher precision and better convergence but do fewer experiments than general uniform design.

Practical implications

A very effective method in resolving the problem of selecting optimum on multi‐dimensional space.

Originality/value

A new method of three‐dimensional sequential uniform design which can get higher precision and better convergence is presented.

Keywords

Citation

Wang, G., Zhao, J. and Chen, J. (2009), "Three‐dimensional sequential uniform design", Kybernetes, Vol. 38 No. 3/4, pp. 542-548. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920910944263

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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