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 Response surface
• In statistics, response surface methodology (RSM)
find out the relationships between various
explanatory variables (independent variables or
factors) and one or more response variables
(Dependent variables).

• These methods are often employed after you have

identified a "vital few" controllable factors and you
want to find the factor settings that optimize the
response
Response surfaces

• Response surface method is a tool to:

• Find factor settings (operating conditions) that produce the "best"

response

• Find factor settings that satisfy operating or process specifications

• Identify new operating conditions that produce demonstrated

improvement in product quality over the quality achieved by current
conditions

• Model a relationship between the quantitative factors and the response

 Case study
• Consider a chemical process whose yield is a
function of temperature and pressure:

• Y = Y(T,P)

• Suppose you do not know the function Y(T,P)

but you want to achieve the maximum yield Y.
 Case study
T
50 Contour curves for the yield (Y)
60
70 Design of experiments
80
Optimum ???

Starting point

Optimum !!!

P
 Types of functions

Linear Quadratic Cubic

Output of response surface design
• Contour plots

• Overlaid contour plots

• Response optimizers