In this paper the estimation problem and the problem of designing experiments in a nonlinear regression model, used in microbiology, are studied. The model is called Monod model, defined imlicitly by a differential equation for the regression function and has numerous applications in microbial...

In the common polynomial regression of degree m we determine the design which maximizes the minimum of the D-efficiency in the model of degree m and the D-efficiencies in the models of degree m – j,…, m + k (j, k 0 given). The resulting designs allow an efficient estimation of the...

For the problem of checking linearity in a heteroscedastic nonparametric regression model under a fixed design assumption we study maximin designs which maximize the minimum power of a nonparametric test over a broad class of alternatives from the assumed linear regression model. It is...

This dissertation presents four independent papers that advance experimental methods and test theories on saving using experimentally elicited characteristics. The first two papers test two behavioral theories on precautionary saving based on the characteristics loss aversion and prudence by...