UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TAXILA

Department of Industrial Engineering

Subject: Design of Experiments
Class: 17 IE (7th Semester)
Exam: End Semester Exam (Fall-2020)
Mode of Exam: Online and Open Book/

Total Marks: 50 Total Time: 3 Hrs

Instructions:
Make neat sketches in support of your answers, where applicable. Make one pdf file of the answer sheets.
Write answers to all questions even if they do not directly relate with your project. The mode of exam is
OPEN BOOK and OPEN NOTES, however, please keep in mind that if you are sharing your answers with
anyone, you are at a serious risk of losing all your marks. As a matter of fact, there is no chance of
exactly the same answers from any two students of the class.

Write your name and roll number at every sheet. Please upload the files at specified location only i.e. turn in the
files in the assigned task. Do not upload the files in private chat, as general files, general posts or the class notebook
in MS Teams.
Question # 1
(PLO 1, CLO 1, C-2)
(10 marks)

a) Explain how the hypothesis were developed in your project.

b) Summarize the main assumptions in your developed mathematical model (Open the regression
chapter to answer this question)?

Question # 2
(PLO 2, CLO 2, C-4)

a) Analyze the data collected in your project for a full factorial design.
b) Relate above design for Yates Algorithm.
Question # 3
(PLO 2, CLO 3, C-5)
a) Formulate a mathematical model from the data collected in your assigned project.
b) Establish a conclusion by applying the sensitivity analysis.

Question # 4
(PLO 11, CLO 4, A-3)
Justify the DoE methodology adopted to solve your problem. Why did you select this particular methodology?

Question # 5
(PLO 12, CLO 5, A-2)
Cite all the latest literature related to your experiment. Compare your results with all the cited work in
tabular form.