Accession Number:

AD0653273

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGY.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON DEPT OF STATISTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Box,G. E. P.

Report Date:

1967-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

In this paper the basic iterative nature of experimental learning process is emphasized. The role of iteration is then discussed for a number of specific classes of problems. These include the screening of variables, empirical model building, mechanistic model fitting. Recent contributions to the important problem of mechanistic model building are emphasized.

Descriptors:

• (*MODEL THEORY
• *ITERATIONS)
• (*BIOMETRY
• SYMPOSIA)
• LEARNING
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• PROBABILITY
• POLYNOMIALS
• INTERPOLATION
• INTERACTIONS
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• ERRORS
• OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• PERTURBATION THEORY
• CONVERGENCE
• POPULATION(MATHEMATICS)
• TRANSFORMATIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE