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The theory of optimal test-control block designs provides guidance on treatments allocation in experimental units. However, it is theoretically difficult to find them; therefore, the availability of an efficient and user-friendly algorithm for finding the optimal designs is essential for both researchers and practitioners. This paper describes an algorithm for constructing efficient test-control incomplete block designs with correlated observations. In order to evaluate the algorithm, we compare our results with the optimal designs presented in some published papers. An advantage of our algorithm is its independency to the size of blocks and the structure of correlation. Also, it takes to run between 30 s and 10 min depending on the type of CPU processor and the design.
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This paper is a part of the second author?s Ph.D. thesis. Author’s would like to thank the editor-in-chief and reviewers for their constructive and helpful comments which considerably led to improving the quality of the initial draft of the paper.
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Pooladsaz, S., Doosti-Irani, M. An algorithm for finding efficient test-control block designs with correlated observations. Comput Stat 35, 821–836 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-019-00904-z
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