In the paper we solve the problem of DH-optimal design on a discrete experimental domain, which is formally equivalent to maximizing determinant on the convex hull of a finite number of positive semidefinite matrices. The problem of DH-optimality covers many special design settings, e.g. the D-optimal experimental design for regression models with grouped observations. For DH-optimal designs we...

This paper presents a new optimization design methodology that is applicable to modular systems. This new methodology is called concurrent optimization design Ž . method CODM . A modular robot is taken as a case study. The CODM is superior to the existing methods for modular robot configuration design in the sense that traditional type synthesis and dimensional synthesis now can be treated once...

We approach the design of multi-standard reconfigurable radio as a choice between two extremes: (a) installing complex, self-contained dedicated components that provide high performance at a high cost (‘Velcro approach’), versus (b) supporting all targeted standards through primitive lower level components, which reduces cost but maximises latency. To find the optimal trade-off between performa...

The problem of optimal sensor locations in nonparametric identification of viscoelastic materials is considered. Different criteria of the covariance matrix, connected to Aand D-optimal experiment design, are considered and evaluated. The results of the paper can be used to design experiments with improved accuracy of the estimates. Copyright c 2005 IFAC.

We propose and develop a genetic algorithm (GA) for generating D-optimal designs where the experimental region is an irregularly shaped polyhedral region. Our approach does not require selection of points from a user-defined candidate set of mixtures and allows movement through a continuous region that includes highly constrained mixture regions. This approach is useful in situations where extr...

This paper presents a systematic approach to dealing with withinpair order effects in paired comparison experiments, which have historically received substantial attention in many application areas, including psychology, transportation, marketing and medicine. It describes how optimal designs can be constructed for paired comparison experiments involving several attributes. It extends earlier w...

The target of this paper is to provide a compact review of the Optimal Experimental Design, the continuous case. Therefore we are referring to the general nonlinear problem in comparison to the linear one.

In this work the optimization-based, integrated concurrent design method is applied to the modelling, analysis, and design of a transportation fuel cell system. A general optimal design model considering both functional performance and production costs is first introduced. Using the Ballard Mark V Transit Bus fuel cell system as an example, the study explores the intrinsic relations among vario...