Download or read book Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces written by George E. P. Box and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1987-01-16 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative discussion of building empirical models and the fitting of surfaces to data. Introduces the general philosophy of response surface methodology, and details least squares for response surface work, factorial designs at two levels, fitting second-order models, adequacy of estimation and the use of transformation, occurrence and elucidation of ridge systems, and more. Some results are presented for the first time. Includes real-life exercises, nearly all with solutions.