Raymond H. Myers, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has more than 40 years of academic experience in the areas of experimental design and analysis, response surface analysis, and designs for nonlinear models. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Dr. Myers has authored numerous journal articles and books, including Generalized Linear Models: with Applications in Engineering and the Sciences, Second Edition, also published by Wiley.

Douglas C. Montgomery, PhD, is Regents' Professor of Industrial Engineering and Arizona State University Foundation Professor of Engineering. Dr. Montgomery has more than 30 years of academic and consulting experience and his research interest includes the design and analysis of experiments. He is a Fellow of the ASA and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and an Honorary Member of the ASQ. He has authored numerous journal articles and books, including Design and Analysis of Experiments, Eighth Edition; Generalized Linear Models: with Applications in Engineering and the Sciences, Second Edition; Introduction to Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis, Fifth Edition; and Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Second Edition, all published by Wiley.

Christine M. Anderson-Cook, PhD, is a Research Scientist and Project Leader in the Statistical Sciences Group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. Dr. Anderson-Cook has over 20 years of academic and consulting experience, and has written numerous journal articles on the topics of design of experiments, response surface methodology and reliability. She is a Fellow of the ASA and the ASQ.