Aberration in qualitative multilevel designs
Generalized Word Length Pattern (GWLP) is an important and widely-used tool for comparing fractional factorial designs. We consider qualitative factors, and we code their levels using the roots of the unity. We write the GWLP of a fraction F using the polynomial indicator function, whose coefficient...
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Published in | Journal of statistical planning and inference Vol. 174; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.07.2016
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Summary: | Generalized Word Length Pattern (GWLP) is an important and widely-used tool for comparing fractional factorial designs. We consider qualitative factors, and we code their levels using the roots of the unity. We write the GWLP of a fraction F using the polynomial indicator function, whose coefficients encode many properties of the fraction. We show that the coefficient of a simple or interaction term can be written using the counts of its levels. This apparently simple remark leads to major consequence, including a convolution formula for the counts. We also show that the mean aberration of a term over the permutation of its levels provides a connection with the variance of the level counts. Moreover, using mean aberrations for symmetric sm designs with s prime, we derive a new formula for computing the GWLP of F. It is computationally easy, does not use complex numbers and also provides a clear way to interpret the GWLP. As case studies, we consider non-isomorphic orthogonal arrays that have the same GWLP. The different distributions of the mean aberrations suggest that they could be used as a further tool to discriminate between fractions. |
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ISSN: | 0378-3758 1873-1171 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jspi.2016.02.003 |