New Flexible Models and Design Construction Algorithms for Mixtures and Binary Dependent Variables New Flexible Models and Design Construction Algorithms for Mixtures and Binary Dependent Variables

Nieuwe flexibele modellen en algoritmen voor het ontwerp van experimenten voor mengsels en binaire afhankelijke variabelen Thesis to obtain the degree of Doctor from the Erasmus University Rotterdam by command of the rector magnificus and in accordance with the decision of the Doctorate Board. Acknowledgments I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my doctoral promotors Professor Dennis Fok and Professor Peter Goos. For sharing all the knowledge, for keeping me positive and inspired, and, most importantly, for being patient. If not them, this thesis would not have been possible. " Great men are not born great, they grow great " (M. Puzo, The Godfather), and it is much easier to grow great with great teachers. Thank you.