Response Surface Methodology and Its Applications In Agricultural and Food Sciences

From the historical point of view, the article by Box and Wilson [1] is considered to be the first for having laid the foundations for RSM. Some of the early papers that also contributed to the development of RSM include those by Box and Hunter [2] and Box and Draper [3]. Several review papers on RSM were subsequently published starting with the article by Hill and Hunter [4] that emphasized practical applications of RSM in the chemical and processing fields. This was followed by more recent reviews by Myers et al. [5-7] A review of RSM from a biometric viewpoint was given by [8] who emphasized biological applications rather than applications in the physical and engineering sciences. In addition, several books were written on the subject of RSM by Myers [9], Khuri and Cornell [15], Box and Draper [11] and Myers et al. [12].