Uniform design applied to nonlinear multivariate calibration by ANN

摘要

In this paper, a new experimental design called uniform design (UD) has been introduced as a promising candidate for experimental design in nonlinear multivariate calibration by ANN. In its application to ANN, the UD has the following merits: 1. it is capable of producing samples with high representativeness; 2. it imposes no strong assumption on the model; and 3. it allows many levels for each factor. A comparative study has been made among UD, orthogonal array design (OAD) and central composite design (CCD). The results by UD in simulated and real-fluorescence systems are satisfactory. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. [References: 29]