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Abstract

The year 2004 marked the 50th anniversary of published statistical research on mixture experiments, counting from a 1955 article by Claringbold. Subsequent seminal articles by Scheffé in 1958 and 1963 provided a firm foundation for mixture experiment research over the ensuing 50 years. This article summarizes mixture experiment research from 1955-2004 published in the Statistics, Quality Engineering, and Chemometrics literature (journals, proceedings, books, and technical reports). The large number of mixture experiment publications in the literature of other disciplines precluded their inclusion in this summary. Publications per year are tallied, and are listed chronologically under several topic areas: (1) designs, (2) methods for assessing and comparing designs, (3) models, (4) other data analysis topics, and (5) reviews, summaries, and tutorials. The publications in each topic area are briefly discussed. Finally, ideas for future mixture experiment research are presented.