Hola,
Considerando su descripción del problema y la solución propuesta por @statman en el punto # 5, creé este diseño (secuencia de comandos de la tabla a continuación).Creé una superficie de respuesta de 32 corridas con 5 factores continuos usando Diseño personalizado, y luego agrupé las corridas en bloques aleatorios de tamaño 4 (correspondiente a la cantidad de matraces por incubadora por día).En la tabla, agregué manualmente una variable de "Día" y ajusté la "incubadora" para que se repita de 1 a 4 en ambos días.Entonces sería posible tener en cuenta la variación aleatoria configurando el modelo como se muestra en la figura.
Me interesaría mucho saber si @statman o cualquier otra persona tiene una opinión sobre este enfoque.

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(
[., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., .,
., ., ., ., ., ., ., .]
)
)
)