Part A. Minimax Optimal Design
Reference.
  • R.-B. Chen, S.-P. Chang, W. Wang, and W. K. Wong. (2011) "Optimal Experimental Designs via Particle Swarm Optimization Methods." Technique report. [download]
  • Wong, W. K. (1995). On the equivalence of D and G-optimal Designs in Heteroscedastic Models. Statistics & Probability Letters, Vol. 25, 317-321. [link]
  • Dette, H. and Wong, W. K. (1999). E-optimal Designs for the Michaelis-Menten Model. Statistics & Probability Letters, Vol. 44, 405-408. [link]


Part B. Mixture Experiment
Reference.
  • W. Wang, R.-B. Chen, C.-C. Huang, and W. K. Wong. (2012) "Particle Swarm Optimization Techniques for Finding Optimal Mixture Designs." Technique report. [download]


Part C. Locally D- and Ds-optimal Designs for Logistic Models
Reference.
  • J. Qiu, R.-B. Chen, W. Wang, W. K. Wong (2012) .“Using Animal Instincts to Design Efficient Studies,” Technique report. [download]
  • Forniusa, E. F. and Nyquista, H. (2009) Using the Canonical Design Space to Obtain c-optimal Designs for the Quadratic Logistic Model. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Volume 39, 144-157


Part D. Locally designs for compartmental model
The model is .
Reference.
  • J. Qiu, R.-B. Chen, W. Wang, W. K. Wong (2012) .“Using Animal Instincts to Design Efficient Studies,” Technique report. [download]
  • Atkinson, A. C., Donev, A. N. and Tobias, R. D. (2007). Optimum Experimental Designs, with SAS. Oxford Statistical Science series, Vol. 34. 261-264


Part E. Locally D-optimal designs for 4-parameter Hill model
Reference.
  • J. Qiu, R.-B. Chen, W. Wang, W. K. Wong (2012) .“Using Animal Instincts to Design Efficient Studies,” Technique report. [download]
  • Leonid A., Khinkis, L. A., Levasseur, L. Faessel, H. and Greco, W. R. (2003). Optimal Design for Estimating Parameters of the 4-parameter Hill Model. Nonlinearity in Biology, Toxicology and Medicine, Vol.1 #3, 363-377.


Part F. Locally D-optimal design for the double-exponential regrowth model
Reference.
  • J. Qiu, R.-B. Chen, W. Wang, W. K. Wong (2012) .“Using Animal Instincts to Design Efficient Studies,” Technique report. [download]
  • Li G. and Balakrishnan N. (2011) Optimal designs for tumor regrowth models. J. Statist. Plann. Inf., 141, 644-654.


Part G. Two-parameter exponential model with type I right censored data
The probability density function and the corresponding survival function are , where t is the observed value and x is the experimental condition for the observed data.
Reference.
  • J. Qiu, R.-B. Chen, W. Wang, W. K. Wong (2012) .“Using Animal Instincts to Design Efficient Studies,” Technique report. [download]
  • Konstantinou, M., Biedermann, S. and Kimber, A. (2011). Optimal designs for two-parameter nonlinear models with application to survival models. Southampton Statistical Research Institute, University of Southampton.


Part H. Multivariate exponential and Poisson regression models
For the kth dose combination, xk= (xk1, …, xkM)’, the mean of this M-variable model is assumed to be .
Reference.


Part I. Using Cuckoo's algorithm to find multiple-objective optimal designs for the 4-parameter logistic model or the Hill's model


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