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Define factors constrains

PaoloMai94 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:15:46 GMT

Hi everyone!

I have a simple DoE with two continuous factors (Holes and HoleDia) and I have a constrain that is:

Holes * HoleDia^2 muste be smaller than 72000000.

Now, I wrote the following expression in the Disallowed combinations script but I still get a combination which is >72000000.

:Name(Holes) * :Name(HoleDia) ^ 2 ) >= 72000000.

Re: Define factors constrains

mmarchandFSLR — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:33:25 GMT

Re: Define factors constrains

Victor_G — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:47:28 GMT

Hi @PaoloMai94,

I think the constraint is not accepted as both factors are included in the constraint through the multiplication, so it may create a collinearity issue (with both factors being not independant but directly related) :

If you really want to enforce this constraint, I would instead instead recommend creating a Candidate set with all factor combinations, filtering the non-possible combinations, and then use this set to create your optimal DoE : Candidate Set Designs: Tailoring DOE Constraints to the Problem (2021-EU-30MP-78... - JMP User Community

But you may face some difficulties in the analysis if you enforce this constraint, as the factors won't be independant, so you may face multicollinearity issue with difficulties to estimate effects from each factor.

More info on creating constraints for your design : from @Jed_Campbell.

Hope this answer will help you,

Re: Define factors constrains

PaoloMai94 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:25:03 GMT

Hi @Victor_G , thank you for the help. I will try as you suggested :)

Re: Define factors constrains

Victor_G — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:34:29 GMT

Maybe there might be also another workaround to try: do you have other factors to include in the design ?
If yes, since "Holes" and "HoleDia" are closely related, you could include these parameters as one "macro" factor, for example the "Holes*HoleDia^2", with the other factors in the design ?