Industrial experiments have shown an unprecedented success for improving the product and process quality in many manufacturing organisations. This paper provides some useful and practical tips to industrial engineers with limited knowledge in experimental design (ED) for making industrial...

In order to stay competitive most small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) need to make decisions and improve their processes in a more efficient way. To manufacturing companies this is crucial not the least within the design and production phases. This means that a deeper understanding of...

In this work, the catalytic upgrading of a bio-oil model compound via esterification with ethanol was studied using 12-tungstosilicic acid as the catalyst. The response surface method was used to investigate and optimize the process variables, which include the ethanol to acid molar ratio,...

Contents: Introduction / Arthur Schram and Aljaž Ule -- Part I: Methods of experimental economics -- 1. Incentives / James C. Cox and Vjollca Sadiraj -- 2. Deception / Andreas Ortmann -- 3. Preference measurement and manipulation in experimental economics / Hande Erkut and Ernesto Reuben -- 4....