Experimentation is a vital part of the scientific method. Most problems in science require observation of the system at work and experimentation to elucidate information about how the system works. In ...

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Vol. 21, No. 2 (June 2006), pp. 106-113 (8 pages) In organic pasture systems, the balance of soil fertility is maintained by maximizing the cycling of on-farm ...

Since 1965 almost all of the contributions to the design and analysis of factorial experiments have involved fractional factorial plans. These contributions may be categorized by three main classes of ...

The previous example illustrates a complete factorial experiment involving eight runs and three factors: cutting speed (SPEED), feed rate (FEED), and tool angle (ANGLE). Now, suppose two machines (A ...

Microarray experiments are widely used to quantify and compare gene expression on a large scale, it is therefore important that they are designed with care as aspects of their design will affect the ...