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In complex systems cause-and-effect relationships are not linear but, rather, often exhibit non-linear and unpredictable interactions among variables (Perrow, 1984). Thus, under conditions of ambiguity and complexity, the relationships between organizational actions and outcomes are often unclear (Lant and Mezias, 1992), even to the individual learner. In ambiguous learning environments such as the one in which... 

By smdying OVAT the interactions among variables will be totally missed. 

A screening design does not take into account the interactions among variables. 

It is well recognized that the OVAT is not at all the correct way to perform an optimization or to study the effect of several variables as it does not take into account the interactions among variables, it only gives a local knowledge of the phenomenon and often requires a much larger experimental effort. 

Many empirical correlations have been pubHshed in the Hterature for various types of Hquid atomizers, eg, one book (2) provides an extensive coUection of empirical equations. Unfortunately, most of the correlations share some common problems. Eor example, they are only vaHd for a specific type of atomizer, thereby imposing strict limitations on thein use. They do not represent any specific physical processes and seldom relate to the design of the atomizer. More important, they do not reveal the effect of interactions among key variables. This indicates the difficulty of finding a universal expression that can cover a wide range of operating conditions and atomizer designs. 

An important purpose of a designed experiment is to obtain information about interactions among the primary variables. This is accompbshed by varying factors simultaneously rather than one at a time. Thus in Figure 2, each of the two preparations would be mn at both low and high temperatures using, for example, a full factorial experiment. 

What is the most meaningful way to express the controllable or independent variables For example, should current density and time be taken as the experimental variables, or are time and the product of current density and time the real variables affecting response Judicious selection of the independent variables often reduces or eliminates interactions between variables, thereby leading to a simpler experiment and analysis. Also inter-relationships among variables need be recognized. For example, in an atomic absorption analysis, there are four possible variables air-flow rate, fuel-flow rate, gas-flow rate, and air/fuel ratio, but there are really only two independent variables. 

Some plants have been using computer control for 20 years. Control systems in industrial use typically consist of individual feedback and feedforward loops. Horst and Enochs [Engineering h- Mining]., 181(6), 69-171 (1980)] reported that installation of single-variable automatic controls improved performance of 20 mineral processing plants by 2 to 10 percent. But interactions among the processes make it difficult for independent controllers to control the circuit optimally. 

After the dominant independent variables have been brought under control, many small and poorly characterized ones remain that limit further improvement in modeling the response surface when going to full-scale production, control of experimental conditions drops behind what is possible in laboratory-scale work (e.g., temperature gradients across vessels), but this is where, in the long term, the real data is acquired. Chemistry abounds with examples of complex interactions among the many compounds found in a simple synthesis step,... 

A number of factors described as influencing carotenoid bioavailability were regrouped under the SLAMENGFll mnemonic. Species of carotenoid. Linkages at molecular level. Amount of carotenoids consumed in a meal. Matrix in which the carotenoid is incorporated. Effectors of absorption and bioconversion. Nutrient status of the host. Genetic factors. Host-related factors, and Interactions among these variables. Only the factors that affect the micellarization of the compound in the gut are discussed and summarized in Table 3.2.1. 

We may question other obvious scenarios of the process gain matrix. The sweetest is an identity matrix, meaning no interaction among the manipulated and controlled variables. A quick summary of several simple possibilities 10... 

Environmental studies are often characterized by large numbers of variables measured on many samples. When poor understanding of the system exists one tends to rely upon the "measure everything and hope that the obvious will appear" approach. The problem is that in complex chemical systems significant patterns in the data are not always obvious when one examines the data one variable at a time. Interactions among the measured chemical variables tend to dominate the data and this useful information is not extracted by univariate approaches. 

Thus, not only will this design estimate all of the linear and quadratic terms and interactions between the design and the environmental variables, but it will also estimate all of the two-factor interactions among the design variables and among the environmental variables. It will accomplish this in only (26 + runs, compared with the 81 runs for the Taguchi design that yields less information. 

It can be seen that this model contains all main effects, all quadratic terms in the design variables, all interactions among the design variables, and all interactions between the design and the environmental variables. An estimate of the pure experimental error can be obtained from the replication at the four center points. 

The major role of chemical defenses in plants is hypothesized to be increasing the impact of insect diseases, parasites, and predators. None of these factors alone provides an explanation of why evolutionarily labile insects rarely defoliate their long-lived hosts. However, interactions among all of them could increase the useful evolutionary lifetime of each and the effectiveness of all. In particular, chemical variability is observed to place insects in compromise situations which increase their exposure and susceptibility to natural enemies. 

A model describing the relationship between the performance and the process variables allows the prediction of process results and the optimization of process variables for a specific application. However, the interactions among deposition chemistry, transport processes, and growth modes are complex and, consequently, poorly understood. Therefore, CVD process development has progressed through extensive one-parameter-at-a-time experimentation and empirical design rules. 

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