Ciao,
Considerando la tua descrizione del problema e la soluzione proposta da @statman al punto n. 5, ho creato questo disegno (script tabella sotto).Ho creato una superficie di risposta a 32 corse con 5 fattori continui utilizzando Custom Design, quindi ho raggruppato le corse in blocchi casuali di dimensione 4 (corrispondenti al numero di fiasche per incubatore al giorno).Nella tabella, ho aggiunto manualmente una variabile "Giorno" e ho regolato "incubatrice" in modo che 1-4 si ripeta in entrambi i giorni.Sarebbe quindi possibile tenere conto della variazione casuale impostando il modello come mostrato in figura.
Sarei molto interessato a sentire se @statman o chiunque altro ha un'opinione su questo approccio.

New Table( "day and incubator block design",
Add Rows( 32 ),
New Table Variable( "Design", "Custom Design" ),
New Table Variable( "Criterion", "I Optimal" ),
New Script(
"Model",
Fit Model(
Effects(
:incubator & Random, :X1 & RS, :X2 & RS, :X3 & RS, :X4 & RS,
:X5 & RS, :X1 * :X1, :X1 * :X2, :X2 * :X2, :X1 * :X3, :X2 * :X3,
:X3 * :X3, :X1 * :X4, :X2 * :X4, :X3 * :X4, :X4 * :X4, :X1 * :X5,
:X2 * :X5, :X3 * :X5, :X4 * :X5, :X5 * :X5
),
Y( :Y )
)
),
New Script(
"Evaluate Design",
DOE( Evaluate Design, X( Random Block, :X1, :X2, :X3, :X4, :X5 ) )
),
New Script(
"Fit Mixed",
Fit Model(
Y( :Y ),
Random Effects( :incubator ),
Effects(
:X1 & RS, :X2 & RS, :X3 & RS, :X4 & RS, :X5 & RS, :X1 * :X1,
:X1 * :X2, :X2 * :X2, :X1 * :X3, :X2 * :X3, :X3 * :X3, :X1 * :X4,
:X2 * :X4, :X3 * :X4, :X4 * :X4, :X1 * :X5, :X2 * :X5, :X3 * :X5,
:X4 * :X5, :X5 * :X5
),
NoBounds( 1 ),
Personality( "Mixed Model" ),
Run
)
),
New Script(
"DOE Dialog",
DOE(
Custom Design,
{Add Response( Maximize, "Y", ., ., . ),
Add Factor( Continuous, -1, 1, "X1", 0 ),
Add Factor( Continuous, -1, 1, "X2", 0 ),
Add Factor( Continuous, -1, 1, "X3", 0 ),
Add Factor( Continuous, -1, 1, "X4", 0 ),
Add Factor( Continuous, -1, 1, "X5", 0 ), Set Random Seed( 1910031543 ),
Number of Starts( 105 ), Add Term( {1, 0} ), Add Term( {1, 1} ),
Add Term( {2, 1} ), Add Term( {3, 1} ), Add Term( {4, 1} ),
Add Term( {5, 1} ), Add Term( {1, 2} ), Add Term( {1, 1}, {2, 1} ),
Add Term( {2, 2} ), Add Term( {1, 1}, {3, 1} ),
Add Term( {2, 1}, {3, 1} ), Add Term( {3, 2} ),
Add Term( {1, 1}, {4, 1} ), Add Term( {2, 1}, {4, 1} ),
Add Term( {3, 1}, {4, 1} ), Add Term( {4, 2} ),
Add Term( {1, 1}, {5, 1} ), Add Term( {2, 1}, {5, 1} ),
Add Term( {3, 1}, {5, 1} ), Add Term( {4, 1}, {5, 1} ),
Add Term( {5, 2} ), Set Runs Per Random Block( 4 ),
Set Sample Size( 32 ), Optimality Criterion( 2 ),
Simulate Responses( 0 ), Save X Matrix( 0 ), Make Design}
)
),
New Column( "Day",
Character,
"Nominal",
Set Property( "Design Role", Design Role( "Random Block" ) ),
Set Values(
{"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2", "2",
"2", "2", "2", "2"}
)
),
New Column( "incubator",
Character,
"Nominal",
Set Property( "Design Role", DesignRole( Random Block ) ),
Set Property(
"Value Order",
{Custom Order( {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"} )}
),
Set Values(
{"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "2", "2", "3", "3", "3", "3", "4", "4",
"4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "2", "2", "3", "3", "3", "3",
"4", "4", "4", "4"}
)
),
New Column( "X1",
Numeric,
"Continuous",
Format( "Best", 12 ),
Set Property( "Coding", {-1, 1} ),
Set Property( "Design Role", DesignRole( Continuous ) ),
Set Property( "Factor Changes", Easy ),
Set Values(
[-1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1,
-1, 1, -1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1]
)
),
New Column( "X2",
Numeric,
"Continuous",
Format( "Best", 12 ),
Set Property( "Coding", {-1, 1} ),
Set Property( "Design Role", DesignRole( Continuous ) ),
Set Property( "Factor Changes", Easy ),
Set Values(
[-1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1,
1, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 1]
)
),
New Column( "X3",
Numeric,
"Continuous",
Format( "Best", 12 ),
Set Property( "Coding", {-1, 1} ),
Set Property( "Design Role", DesignRole( Continuous ) ),
Set Property( "Factor Changes", Easy ),
Set Values(
[-1, 0, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, 1, -1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, 1, -1, 0, 0, 1,
-1, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 1, 1]
)
),
New Column( "X4",
Numeric,
"Continuous",
Format( "Best", 12 ),
Set Property( "Coding", {-1, 1} ),
Set Property( "Design Role", DesignRole( Continuous ) ),
Set Property( "Factor Changes", Easy ),
Set Values(
[1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 0, -1, 1,
-1, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1]
)
),
New Column( "X5",
Numeric,
"Continuous",
Format( "Best", 12 ),
Set Property( "Coding", {-1, 1} ),
Set Property( "Design Role", DesignRole( Continuous ) ),
Set Property( "Factor Changes", Easy ),
Set Values(
[1, 0, -1, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, 1,
1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, -1, 1, 1]
)
),
New Column( "Y",
Numeric,
"Continuous",
Format( "Best", 12 ),
Set Property(
"Response Limits",
{Goal( Maximize ), Lower( . ), Upper( . ), Importance( . )}
),
Set Values(
[., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., .,
., ., ., ., ., ., ., .]
)
)
)