BOX_BEHNKEN
Box-Behnken Sampling


BOX_BEHNKEN is a C library which returns a set of sample argument values to be used to analyze the behavior of a function.

Given DIM_NUM parameters, each of which is prescribed to lie between a minimum and maximum range, and a function taking these parameters as arguments, this program returns a table of sets of argument values that may be used to sample the function's behavior.

One sample point is the average. All other sample points are generated by setting a single spatial coordinate to its average value, and all other spatial coordinates to either the minimum or maximum. In this way, 1 + DIM_NUM*2^(DIM_NUM-1) points are generated.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

BOX_BEHNKEN is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

HALTON, a C library which computes elements of a Halton sequence.

HAMMERSLEY, a C library which computes elements of a Hammersley Quasi Monte Carlo (QMC) sequence, using a simple interface.

LATIN_RANDOM, a C library which computes elements of a Latin Hypercube dataset, choosing points at random.

UNIFORM, a C library which computes elements of a uniform pseudorandom sequence.

VAN_DER_CORPUT, a C library which computes elements of a (1 dimensional) van der Corput sequence.

Reference:

  1. George Box, Donald Behnken,
    Some new three level designs for the study of quantitative variables,
    Technometrics,
    Volume 2, pages 455-475, 1960.

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Last revised on 05 February 2012.