The styrene-butadiene-styrene（SBS） modified bitumens with different contents of SBS modifiers are stored in different conditions to study the storage stability of SBS modified bitumen.Mixed-level orthogonal array de...The styrene-butadiene-styrene（SBS） modified bitumens with different contents of SBS modifiers are stored in different conditions to study the storage stability of SBS modified bitumen.Mixed-level orthogonal array design（OAD） is used and factors such as SBS modifier content,storage time,storage temperature and container size are chosen in a mixed-level OAD with an OA16（31×44） matrix.Parameters like the separation softening point difference（the separation difference of the ring and ball softening point of the top and bottom samples） and the average softening point（the arithmetic mean of the softening points of the top and bottom samples） are proposed to evaluate the separation and the ageing of modified bitumen during storage in this experiment,respectively.The results reveal that the separation and the ageing during storage exhibit a complicated variation for storage temperature and time.The separation softening point difference decreases with the storage temperature rising from 20 to 120 ℃ and increases with the temperature exceeding 120 ℃,and the average softening point drops with the storage time being prolonged.Different storage conditions have various effects on the storage stability of SBS modified bitumen.展开更多
Mukerjee and Wu（2001） employed projective geometry theory to find the wordlength pattern of a regular mixed factorial design in terms of its complementary set, but only for the numbers of words of length 3 or 4. In ...Mukerjee and Wu（2001） employed projective geometry theory to find the wordlength pattern of a regular mixed factorial design in terms of its complementary set, but only for the numbers of words of length 3 or 4. In this paper, by introducing a concept of consulting design and based on the connection between factorial design theory and coding theory, we obtain some combinatorial identities that relate the wordlength pattern of a regular mixed-level （2^r）2^n factorial design to that of its consulting design. Consequently, a general rule for identifying minimum aberration （2^r）2^n factorial designs through their consulting designs is established. It is an improvement and generalization of the related result in Mukerjee and Wu（2001）.展开更多
Orthogonal arrays (OAs), mixed level or fixed level (asymmetric or symmetric), are useful in the design of various experiments. They are also a fundamental tool in the construction of various combinatorial configurati...Orthogonal arrays (OAs), mixed level or fixed level (asymmetric or symmetric), are useful in the design of various experiments. They are also a fundamental tool in the construction of various combinatorial configurations. In this paper, we establish a general "expansive replacement method" for constructing mixedlevel OAs of an arbitrary strength. As a consequence, a positive answer to the question about orthogonal arrays posed by Hedayat, Sloane and Stufken is given. Some series of mixed level OAs of strength ≥3 are produced.展开更多
The theory of uniform design has received increasing interest because of its wide application in the field of computer experiments.The generalized discrete discrepancy is proposed to evaluate the uniformity of the mix...The theory of uniform design has received increasing interest because of its wide application in the field of computer experiments.The generalized discrete discrepancy is proposed to evaluate the uniformity of the mixed-level factorial design.In this paper,the authors give a lower bound of the generalized discrete discrepancy and provide some construction methods of optimal mixed-level uniform designs which can achieve this lower bound.These methods are all deterministic construction methods which can avoid the complexity of stochastic algorithms.Both saturated mixed-level uniform designs and supersaturated mixed-level uniform designs can be obtained with these methods.Moreover,the resulting designs are also χ^(2)-optimal and minimum moment aberration designs.展开更多
A method of constructing orthogonal arrays is presented by Zhang, Lu and Pang in 1999.In this paper,the method is developed by introducing a replacement scheme on the construction of orthogonal arrays ,and some new mi...A method of constructing orthogonal arrays is presented by Zhang, Lu and Pang in 1999.In this paper,the method is developed by introducing a replacement scheme on the construction of orthogonal arrays ,and some new mixed-level orthogonal arrays of run size 36 are constructed.展开更多
Nowadays orthogonal arrays play important roles in statistics, computer science, coding theory and cryptography. The usual difference matrices are essential for the construction of many mixed orthogonal arrays. But th...Nowadays orthogonal arrays play important roles in statistics, computer science, coding theory and cryptography. The usual difference matrices are essential for the construction of many mixed orthogonal arrays. But there are also many orthogonal arrays, especially mixed-level or asymmetrical which can not be obtained by the usual difference matrices. In order to construct these asymmetrical orthogonal arrays, a class of special matrices, so-called generalized difference matrices, were discovered by Zhang（1989, 1990, 1993） by the orthogonal decompositions of projective matrices. In this article, an interesting equivalent relationship between the orthogonal arrays and the generalized difference matrices is presented. As an application, a family of orthogonal arrays of run sizes 4p2, such as L36（6^13^42^10）, are constructed.展开更多
Nowadays orthogonal arrays play important roles in statistics, computer science, coding theory and cryptography. The usual difference matrices are essential for the construction for many mixed orthogonal arrays. But t...Nowadays orthogonal arrays play important roles in statistics, computer science, coding theory and cryptography. The usual difference matrices are essential for the construction for many mixed orthogonal arrays. But there are also orthogonal arrays which cannot be obtained by the usual difference matrices, such as mixed orthogonal arrays of run size 60. In order to construct these mixed orthogonal arrays, a class of special so-called generalized difference matrices were discovered by Zhang (1989,1990,1993,2006) from the orthogonal decompositions of projection matrices. In this article, an interesting equivalent relationship between orthogonal arrays and the generalized difference matrices is presented and proved. As an application, a lot of new orthogonal arrays of run size 60 have been constructed.展开更多
In this article, we propose a new general approach to constructing asymmetrical orthogonal arrays, namely the Kronecker sum. It is interesting since a lot of new mixed-level orthogonal arrays can be obtained by this m...In this article, we propose a new general approach to constructing asymmetrical orthogonal arrays, namely the Kronecker sum. It is interesting since a lot of new mixed-level orthogonal arrays can be obtained by this method.展开更多
By using the generalized Hadamard product, difference matrix and projection matrices, we present a class of orthogonal projection matrices and related orthogonal arrays of strength two. A new class of orthogonal array...By using the generalized Hadamard product, difference matrix and projection matrices, we present a class of orthogonal projection matrices and related orthogonal arrays of strength two. A new class of orthogonal arrays are constructed.展开更多
Fractional factorial split-plot （FFSP） designs are useful in practical experiments. When the num- bers of levels of the factors are not all equal in an experiment, mixed-level design is selected. This paper investig...Fractional factorial split-plot （FFSP） designs are useful in practical experiments. When the num- bers of levels of the factors are not all equal in an experiment, mixed-level design is selected. This paper investigates the conditions of a resolution III or IV FFSP design with both two-level and eight-level factors to have various clear effects, including two types of main effects and three types of two-factor interaction compo- nents.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51178348)
文摘The styrene-butadiene-styrene（SBS） modified bitumens with different contents of SBS modifiers are stored in different conditions to study the storage stability of SBS modified bitumen.Mixed-level orthogonal array design（OAD） is used and factors such as SBS modifier content,storage time,storage temperature and container size are chosen in a mixed-level OAD with an OA16（31×44） matrix.Parameters like the separation softening point difference（the separation difference of the ring and ball softening point of the top and bottom samples） and the average softening point（the arithmetic mean of the softening points of the top and bottom samples） are proposed to evaluate the separation and the ageing of modified bitumen during storage in this experiment,respectively.The results reveal that the separation and the ageing during storage exhibit a complicated variation for storage temperature and time.The separation softening point difference decreases with the storage temperature rising from 20 to 120 ℃ and increases with the temperature exceeding 120 ℃,and the average softening point drops with the storage time being prolonged.Different storage conditions have various effects on the storage stability of SBS modified bitumen.
文摘Mukerjee and Wu（2001） employed projective geometry theory to find the wordlength pattern of a regular mixed factorial design in terms of its complementary set, but only for the numbers of words of length 3 or 4. In this paper, by introducing a concept of consulting design and based on the connection between factorial design theory and coding theory, we obtain some combinatorial identities that relate the wordlength pattern of a regular mixed-level （2^r）2^n factorial design to that of its consulting design. Consequently, a general rule for identifying minimum aberration （2^r）2^n factorial designs through their consulting designs is established. It is an improvement and generalization of the related result in Mukerjee and Wu（2001）.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.11271280 and 10831002)
文摘Orthogonal arrays (OAs), mixed level or fixed level (asymmetric or symmetric), are useful in the design of various experiments. They are also a fundamental tool in the construction of various combinatorial configurations. In this paper, we establish a general "expansive replacement method" for constructing mixedlevel OAs of an arbitrary strength. As a consequence, a positive answer to the question about orthogonal arrays posed by Hedayat, Sloane and Stufken is given. Some series of mixed level OAs of strength ≥3 are produced.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.12131001,12226343,12371260,and 12371261National Ten Thousand Talents Program of Chinathe 111 Project under Grant No.B20016.
文摘The theory of uniform design has received increasing interest because of its wide application in the field of computer experiments.The generalized discrete discrepancy is proposed to evaluate the uniformity of the mixed-level factorial design.In this paper,the authors give a lower bound of the generalized discrete discrepancy and provide some construction methods of optimal mixed-level uniform designs which can achieve this lower bound.These methods are all deterministic construction methods which can avoid the complexity of stochastic algorithms.Both saturated mixed-level uniform designs and supersaturated mixed-level uniform designs can be obtained with these methods.Moreover,the resulting designs are also χ^(2)-optimal and minimum moment aberration designs.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(6 9972 0 3 6 ) and Foundation of the National Social Science Plan in China (97BTJ0 0 2 )
文摘A method of constructing orthogonal arrays is presented by Zhang, Lu and Pang in 1999.In this paper,the method is developed by introducing a replacement scheme on the construction of orthogonal arrays ,and some new mixed-level orthogonal arrays of run size 36 are constructed.
基金the National Science Foundations of China(10571045)the National Science Foundations of Henan Province(02243700510211063100)
文摘Nowadays orthogonal arrays play important roles in statistics, computer science, coding theory and cryptography. The usual difference matrices are essential for the construction of many mixed orthogonal arrays. But there are also many orthogonal arrays, especially mixed-level or asymmetrical which can not be obtained by the usual difference matrices. In order to construct these asymmetrical orthogonal arrays, a class of special matrices, so-called generalized difference matrices, were discovered by Zhang（1989, 1990, 1993） by the orthogonal decompositions of projective matrices. In this article, an interesting equivalent relationship between the orthogonal arrays and the generalized difference matrices is presented. As an application, a family of orthogonal arrays of run sizes 4p2, such as L36（6^13^42^10）, are constructed.
基金supported by Visiting Scholar Foundation of Key Lab in University and by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10571045)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 44k55050)
文摘Nowadays orthogonal arrays play important roles in statistics, computer science, coding theory and cryptography. The usual difference matrices are essential for the construction for many mixed orthogonal arrays. But there are also orthogonal arrays which cannot be obtained by the usual difference matrices, such as mixed orthogonal arrays of run size 60. In order to construct these mixed orthogonal arrays, a class of special so-called generalized difference matrices were discovered by Zhang (1989,1990,1993,2006) from the orthogonal decompositions of projection matrices. In this article, an interesting equivalent relationship between orthogonal arrays and the generalized difference matrices is presented and proved. As an application, a lot of new orthogonal arrays of run size 60 have been constructed.
基金The work was supported by Visiting Scholar Foundation of Key Lab in Universityby Natural Science Foundation No.10571045,No.0224370051(Henan)and No.0211063100(Henan)in China.
文摘In this article, we propose a new general approach to constructing asymmetrical orthogonal arrays, namely the Kronecker sum. It is interesting since a lot of new mixed-level orthogonal arrays can be obtained by this method.
基金The research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10571045University Backbone Teachers Foundation of the Education Department of Henan ProvinceNatural Science Foundation of Henan Province under Grant No. 0411011100.
文摘By using the generalized Hadamard product, difference matrix and projection matrices, we present a class of orthogonal projection matrices and related orthogonal arrays of strength two. A new class of orthogonal arrays are constructed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.10901092,11171165,11171188)Shandong Provincial Scientific Research Reward Foundation for Excellent Young and Middle-aged Scientists(BS2011SF006)Program for Scientific Research Innovation Team in Colleges and Universities of Shandong Province
文摘Fractional factorial split-plot （FFSP） designs are useful in practical experiments. When the num- bers of levels of the factors are not all equal in an experiment, mixed-level design is selected. This paper investigates the conditions of a resolution III or IV FFSP design with both two-level and eight-level factors to have various clear effects, including two types of main effects and three types of two-factor interaction compo- nents.
