
As mentioned above, the experimental domain is about 20 per cent
smaller than the measured space, samples of air being taken at least 0.1 times
the characteristic enclosure dimension from the walls.
Factorial designs
A factorial design for k dimensions and l levels is obtained by dividing the
experimental domain (for example, the interval [1; 1]) on each axis into l
equidistant levels. The complete factorial design contains all the points
obtained by the l
k
combination of the l possible values of the k coordinates.
The number of points in a full factorial design is hence l
k
.Ifl and k are
greater than 2, the full factorial designs often have many more points than
the minimum required, and are therefore seldom used. However, partial
factorial designs can be obtaine d by selecting the necessary number of
measurement points from the full design. Some examples are given below.
The 2-D, two-level full factorial design (see Table 3.3) is optimal for a
linear model, providing the coefficien ts of that model with the best accuracy.
If, for economical reasons, one point is omitted, the confidence intervals of
the coefficients are twice that based on four measurement points.
It is very important to note that the frequently used design consisting of
changing one variable at a time (see Table 3.4) is less accurate than the former.
Adding a fifth point at the centre (0,0) of the 2-D, two-level full factorial
design allows assessing the coefficient of the interaction term b
12
, without loss
of accuracy. The following two points:
No x y
6 10
710
Table 3.3 2-D, two-level full factorial design
No x y
1 1 1
211
3 11
411
Table 3.4 2-D design changing one variable at a time
No x y
110
201
3 10
401
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