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Exact Optimal Designs of Experiments for Factorial Models via Mixed-Integer Semidefinite Programming by Duarte, Belmiro P. M.

“…The systematic design of exact optimal designs of experiments is typically challenging, as it results in nonconvex optimization problems. The literature on the…”
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Modeling the Batch Sedimentation of Calcium Carbonate Particles in Laboratory Experiments-A Systematic Approach by Moura, Maria J, Vertis, Carolina S, Redondo, Vítor, Oliveira, Nuno M C, Duarte, Belmiro P M

“…The design of continuous thickeners and clarifiers is commonly based on the solid flux theory. Batch sedimentation experiments conducted with solid…”
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Compound Optimum Designs for Clinical Trials in Personalized Medicine by Duarte, Belmiro P. M, Atkinson, Anthony C, Pedrosa, David, van Munster, Marlena

“…We consider optimal designs for clinical trials when response variance depends on treatment and covariates are included in the response model. These designs…”
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On the Design of Aqueous Emulsions of Colophony Resin by Ingrez, Isa B D, Ferreira, Paula C N, Gameiro, Davide, Duarte, Belmiro P M

“…Companies regularly face market pressure to develop products faster but they also need to simultaneously incorporate technological constraints, sustainability…”
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Concept Development—From Academia to Industry: A Journey Motivated by the Design of Portable Thermal Slippers by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Carvalho, Ana M. F., Lima, Daniela S. B., Costa, Diana I. S., Nunes, Inês R., Batista, João P. S. C., Gomes, Paulo J. S., Bernardo, Fernando P.

“…Concept design is an early and crucial phase in product development where the general concept of a product is created. In this stage, various aspects of the…”
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Solving quality control problems with an algorithm for minimax programs with coupled constraints by Duarte, Belmiro P.M., Tsoukalas, Angelos

“…We propose a systematic algorithm to tackle a set of acceptance sampling problems introduced by Seidel [1] and their generalization when no prior knowledge is…”
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Using rheological monitoring to determine the gelation kinetics of chitosan-based systems by Duarte, Belmiro P M, Moura, Maria J

“…The modeling of polymeric reactions is a topic of large interest. The gelation reactions that may result from self-crosslinking or hybrid (agent based-)…”
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Optimal design of experiments for hypothesis testing on ordered treatments via intersection-union tests by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Atkinson, Anthony C., Singh, Satya P., Reis, Marco S.

“…We find experimental plans for hypothesis testing when a prior ordering of experimental groups or treatments is expected. Despite the practical interest of the…”
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Optimal design of multiple‐objective Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) plans by Duarte, Belmiro P.M., Wong, Weng Kee

“…Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) plans are widely used for health monitoring purposes. We propose a systematic approach to design multiple‐objective LQAS…”
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Optimal sizing, scheduling and shift policy of the grinding section of a ceramic tile plant by Duarte, Belmiro P.M., Santos, Lino O., Mariano, Jorge S.

“…This paper addresses the optimal design of the grinding section of a ceramic tile plant operating in a cyclic mode with the units (mills) following a batch…”
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Finding Bayesian Optimal Designs for Nonlinear Models: A Semidefinite Programming-Based Approach by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Wong, Weng Kee

“…This paper uses semidefinite programming (SDP) to construct Bayesian optimal design for nonlinear regression models. The setup here extends the formulation of…”
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A Semi-Infinite Programming based algorithm for determining T-optimum designs for model discrimination by Duarte, Belmiro P.M., Wong, Weng Kee, Atkinson, Anthony C.

“…T-optimum designs for model discrimination are notoriously difficult to find because of the computational difficulty involved in solving an optimization…”
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Optimum designs for clinical trials in personalized medicine when response variance depends on treatment by Duarte, Belmiro P M, Atkinson, Anthony C

“…We study optimal designs for clinical trials when the value of the response and its variance depend on treatment and covariates are included in the response…”
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Approximate and exact optimal designs for $$2^k$$ factorial experiments for generalized linear models via second order cone programming by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Sagnol, Guillaume

“…Model-based optimal designs of experiments (M-bODE) for nonlinear models are typically hard to compute. The literature on the computation of M-bODE for…”
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A Metaheuristic Adaptive Cubature Based Algorithm to Find Bayesian Optimal Designs for Nonlinear Models by Masoudi, Ehsan, Holling, Heinz, Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Wong, Weng Kee

“…Finding Bayesian optimal designs for nonlinear models is a difficult task because the optimality criterion typically requires us to evaluate complex integrals…”
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Adaptive grid semidefinite programming for finding optimal designs by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Wong, Weng Kee, Dette, Holger

“…We find optimal designs for linear models using a novel algorithm that iteratively combines a semidefinite programming (SDP) approach with adaptive grid…”
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Optimal Design of Experiments for Implicit Models by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Atkinson, Anthony C., Granjo, José F. O., Oliveira, Nuno M. C.

“…Explicit models representing the response variables as functions of the control variables are standard in virtually all scientific fields. For these models,…”
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Optimal designs for dose-escalation trials and individual allocations in cohorts by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Atkinson, Anthony C., Oliveira, Nuno M. C.

“…Dose escalation trials are crucial in the development of new pharmaceutical products to optimize the amount of drug administered while avoiding undesirable…”
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Optimal design of multivariate acceptance sampling plans by variables by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Singh, Satya P., Moura, Maria J.

“…Quality-control via acceptance sampling is a technique well established for monitoring the quality of production by lots. The design of acceptance sampling…”
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Optimal exact designs of experiments via Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming by Duarte, Belmiro P. M., Granjo, José F. O., Wong, Weng Kee

“…Optimal exact designs are problematic to find and study because there is no unified theory for determining them and studying their properties. Each has its own…”
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