OPTIMAL EXPERIMENT DESIGN

Optimal experiment design is the definition of the conditions under wh ich an experiment is to be conducted in order to maximize the accuracy with which the results are obtained. This paper summarizes a number o f methods by which the parameters of the mathematical model of the sys tem are estimated and describes the application of the Fisher informat ion matrix. Examples are given for thermal property estimation in whic h the estimation is affected both by measurement noise, which is prese nt during any experiment, but also by uncertainties in the parameters of the model used to describe the system.