DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS USED IN COMPUTER TRIALS: A SUPPORTIVE METHOD FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT The study proposes the development of a framework that can take advantage of the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments (DACE) more efficiently. The need for rapid product development cycles creates a demand for tools that aid in decision making. One of these tools is Computer Aided Engineering which uses the Finite Element Method that requires a long time to be executed. The philosophy of Design of Experiments and the construction of empirical models have been used together with physical simulations. After a theoretical review, two cases were applied to product development and t...