Process Optimization: A Statistical Approach

Preliminaries.- An Overview of Empirical Process Optimization.- Elements of Response Surface Methods.- Optimization Of First Order Models.- Experimental Designs For First Order Models.- Analysis and Optimization of Second Order Models.- Experimental Designs for Second Order Models.- Statistical Inference in Process Optimization.- Statistical Inference in First Order RSM Optimization.- Statistical Inference in Second Order RSM Optimization.- Bias Vs. Variance.- Robust Parameter Design and Robust Optimization.- Robust Parameter Design.- Robust Optimization.- Bayesian Approaches in Process Optimization.- to Bayesian Inference.- Bayesian Methods for Process Optimization.- to Optimization of Simulation and Computer Models.- Simulation Optimization.- Kriging and Computer Experiments.- Appendices.- Basics of Linear Regression.- Analysis of Variance.- Matrix Algebra and Optimization Results.- Some Probability Results Used in Bayesian Inference.