A simplified approach to determination of optimum conditions experiments

Response surface experimentation is an integral part of the development of a new process or product, but the relatively efficient statistical methodologies for such experimentation are underutilized by research and development scientists and engineers because of a lack of knowledge and/or understanding of these methodologies. To help to increase its utilization, a simplified approach to one such statistical methodology, known as the determination of optimum conditions, has been developed which can be used by scientists and engineers with a minimum of statistical knowledge.