In this paper we are concerned with the problem of optimally designing three-phase induction motors. This problem can be formulated as a mixed variable programming problem. Two different solution strategies have been used to solve this problem. The first one consists in solving the continuous...

Consider the linear regression model with uncorrelated errors and an experimental design ξ. In the article, we address the problem of calculating the minimal efficiency of ξ with respect to the class [InlineMediaObject not available: see fulltext.] of orthogonally invariant information...

The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an economic environment in which relationships between workers and firms were typically long-lasting and stable. The increasing globalisation of the economy and the rapid technological and organisational...

We develop a vertical differentiation game-theoretic model that addresses the issue of designing free software samples for attaining follow-on sales. When software samples are akin to durable goods, a Monopolist giving a free sample away is likely to engender the cannibalization of sales of its...

We show that binary designs for cross-over models obtained from orthogonal arrays are universally optimal under correlated errors.

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 paper generalizes Kushner's (1997) method for finding optimal repeated measurements designs to optimal designs under an interference model. The model we assume is for a onedimensional layout without guard plots and with different left and right neighbour effects. The resulting optimal...