The construction of optimal or near optimal statistical designs
David Whitaker, University of Waikato
Abstract:
The paper will outline the design construction problem and
illustrate how it can be represented as a non-linear zero-one
programme. Attempts to find optimum solutions to this problem using
non-linear programming packages (LINGO, MINOS, etc) have only been
moderately successful for small designs, so the paper discusses how a modified
form of simulated annealing can be used in to construct larger
optimal or near optimal designs with quite complicated complicated design
structures.