The robustness of chain block designs and coat-of-mail designs |
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| Authors: | Agnes M Herzberg David F Andrews |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mathematics , Imperial College of Science and Technology , London, SW7 2BZ, England;2. Department of Mathematics , University of Toronto , Toronto, MSA 1A1, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Chain block designs are relatively vulnerable to loss of information when missing values or outliers may occur. An alternative class of designs, coat-of-mail designs, are proposed and the relative robustness of the two types of design are compared. |
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| Keywords: | experimental design optimal design missing values outliers nonnormality linked block designs |
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