Experimental design is an area of interested to statisticians working in many applied areas. This monograph by two of the leading researchers in the area discussed the optimal design of experiments. It assumes only a moderate background in calculus and statistics, and will of of interest to graduate students and researchers.

Autorentext
Dr. Peter Hackl ist Professor für Statistik an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien und seit Dezember 2004 fachstatistischer Generaldirektor der Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich.

Zusammenfassung
The topics discussed include designs for inference based on nonlinear models, designs for models with random parameters and stochastic processes, designs for model discrimination and incorrectly specified (contaminated) models, as well as examples of designs in functional spaces.

Inhalt
1 Some Facts From Regression Analysis.- 1.1 The Linear Model.- 1.2 More about the Information Matrix.- 1.3 Generalized Versions of the Linear Regression Model.- 1.4 Nonlinear Models.- 2 Convex Design Theory.- 2.1 Optimality Criteria.- 2.2 Some Properties of Optimality Criteria.- 2.3 Continuous Optimal Designs.- 2.4 The Sensitivity Function and Equivalence Theorems.- 2.5 Some Examples.- 2.6 Complements.- 3 Numerical Techniques.- 3.1 First Order Algorithm:D-criterion.- 3.2 First Order Algorithm: The General Case.- 3.3 Finite Sample Size.- 4 Optimal Design under Constraints.- 4.1 Cost Constraints.- 4.2 Constraints for Auxiliary Criteria.- 4.3 Directly Constrained Design Measures.- 5 Special Cases and Applications.- 5.1 Designs for Time-Dependent Models.- 5.2 Regression Models with Random Parameters.- 5.3 Mixed Models and Correlated Observations.- 5.4 Design for Contaminated Models.- 5.5 Model Discrimination.- 5.6 Nonlinear Regression.- 5.7 Design in Functional. Spaces.- A Some Results from Matrix Algebra.- B List of Symbols.- References.