In black box evaluation and optimization, Latin hypercube designs play an important role. When dealing with multiple black box functions, the need often arises to construct designs for all black boxes jointly, instead of individually. These so-called nested designs consist of two different...

The selection of projects from a set of possible alternatives is a key decision in any organization. However, all entities that allocate resource budgets across several projects and initiatives face the same fundamental problem: to select the most valuable projects given a finite budget. The...