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A study of the efficiency of chemical balance weighing designs
Abstract Some elements concerning the problem of determining chemical balance designs are considered. A method is presented for determining the best design in classes where no D-optimal design exists. In this case, we obtain a design that is highly D-efficient. The efficiency of such a design is presented as a function of the number of parameters and measurements, and its properties are studied. Charts showing the efficiency function for selected classes of designs are presented.
D-optimal chemical balance weighing designs with positively correlated errors: part II
Summary Some questions related to the problem of determining a chemical balance weighing design satisfying the criterion of D-optimality are considered. The theory is based on the assumption that the measurements are equally positively correlated and have the same variances. In this paper, we present a method of adding three measurements to a regular D-optimal chemical balance weighing designs to obtain a highly D-efficient chemical balance weighing design. The problem formulated in this way is an extension of results contained in a paper previously published in Biometrical Letters.