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Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleNumber of ECTS Credits Allocated
639-0806/02Design of Experiments4 ECTS credits
Type of Course UnitCompulsory
Level of Course UnitSecond Cycle
Year of StudyFirst Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech, Spanish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
639-0402Mathematical Statistics
639-0405Theory of Probability
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
TOS40prof. RNDr. Josef Tošenovský, CSc.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Knowledge of DOE basic terms and methods: full factorial and fractional
factorial plans, robust product design
2) Analysis of real problems and their optimal solution
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Monitoring of other information sources. Perceptions of context in relation to the field of quality management.
Course Contents
1. ANOVA - Experiments with a Single Factors
2. ANOVA - The Latin Square Design
3. Introduction to Factorial Design
4. The 2^k Factorial Design.
5. Two-Level Fractional Design
6. The One-Half Fraction of the 2^k Design
7. Blocking and Confounding in the 2^k Factorial Design
8. Blocking a Replicated in the 2^k Factorial Design
9. Response Surface Methods
10. Three-Level and Mixed Level Factorial Design
11. Robust Design
12. Box–Behnken design
13. Plots in DOE
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
1/ Box,G.-Hunter,W.G.-Hunter,J.S.: Statistics for experiments.
John Wiley &Sons, NY 1978, 653s.
2/ Montgomery, D.C.: Design and Analysis of Experiments. Wiley, NY, 2004.
1. BOX,G.-HUNTER,W.G.-HUNTER,J.S.: Statistics for experiments.
John Wiley &Sons, NY 1978, 653s.
2. TOŠENOVSKÝ,J.,NOSKIEVIČOVÁ,D.: Statistické metody pro zlepšování
jakosti. Ostrava, Montanex 2000, 362s.

Recommended Reading:
1. Jiju, A,: Design of Experiments for Engineers and Scientis. Oxfortd. Butterworth Heinemann. 2003. ISBN: 0-7506-4709-0
2. Box, G.E.P.: Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery, Second Edition. NY, Wiley, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-470-57091-3
3. Myers, R.H., Montgomery, D.C., Anderson-Cook, Ch.M.: Response Surface Methodology: Process and Product Optimization Using Designed Experiments, 3rd Edition. NY, Wiley, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-470-17446-3.
4. Street, D.J., Burgess, L.: The Construction of Optimal Stated Choice Experiments: Theory and Methods. NY, Wiley, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-470-05332-4.
1. Jarošová, E.: Navrhování experimentů a jejich analýza. Praha : Česká společnost pro jakost, 2007. ISBN: 978-80-02-01985-5.
2. Navrhování experimentů a jejich analýza - 1. vydání. Norma. 2007.
3. Likeš, J.: Navrhování průmyslových experimentů, SNTL, Praha. 1969
4. Pázman, A.: Základy optimalizácie experimentu, Veda 1980
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined
Work placement(s)
The practice is not part of the subject.

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