aoptbbpb {Aoptbdtvc}R Documentation

A-optimal balanced bipartite block designs

Description

This function generates A-optimal balanced bipartite block (BBPB) designs for tests vs controls comparisons with specified parameters

Usage

aoptbbpb(v1,v2,b,k,ntrial)

Arguments

v1

number of test treatments

v2

number of controls

b

number of blocks

k

block size

ntrial

number of trials, default is 5

Value

It either returns a text message or a design. If a design is found, it returns a list with following components

parameters

parameters of the design

design

generated A-optmal BBPB design

N

incidence matrix of the generated A-optmal BBPB design

NNP

concurrence matrix of the generated design

Aeff

A-efficiency of the design

type

R- type or S- type design

Note

The function is useful to construct A-optimal BBPB designs for v1+v2 <= 30 and up to block size 10. May not be very useful beyond v1+v2 > 30. For k<=3, designs with larger v1+v2 may be obtained.

Author(s)

Baidya Nath Mandal <mandal.stat@gmail.com>

References

Jaggi, S., Gupta, V. and Parsad, R. (1996). A-efficient block designs for comparing two disjoint sets of treatments, Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods 25(5), 967-983.

Mandal, B. N., Parsad, R. and Dash, S. (2017). A-optimal block designs for comparing test treatments with control treatment(s) - an algorithmic approach, upcoming project report, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

Examples

##construct an A-optimal BBPB design with 5 test treatments and 3 control treatments in 
##12 blocks each of size 5
aoptbbpb(v1=5,v2=3,b=12,k=5)
##construct an A-optimal BBPB design with 6 test treatments and 3 control treatments in 
##6 blocks each of size 8
aoptbbpb(v1=6,v2=3,b=6,k=8)
##Design does not exist
#not run
aoptbbpb(3,2,9,3)
aoptbbpb(6,3,9,4)
#Design not found
## Not run: aoptbbpb(3,3,12,4)

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