This is a function to simulate a black box process for teaching the use of designed experiments. The optimal factor settings can be found using a sequential assembly strategy i.e. apply a 2^k factorial design first, calculate the path of the steepest ascent, again apply a 2^k factorial design and augment a star portion to find the optimal factor settings. Of course other strategies are possible.
Usage
simProc(x1, x2, x3, noise = TRUE)
Arguments
x1
numeric - values for factor 1
x2
numeric - values for factor 2
x3
numeric - values for factor 3
noise
TRUE/FALSE - should noise be added
Value
a numeric value within the range [0,1]
Details
factor 1 is best within [40, 250]; factor 2 within [90, 240]
See Also
facDesign for 2^k factorial designs; rsmDesign for response surface designs; fracDesign for fractional factorial design