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A linear model is fitted to $m(x)$, but it is not assumed that the model is correctly specified. It follows that the quantity of interest is the best linear approximation of $m(x)$, which is denoted by $\\ell(x)$. It is shown that in this framework the ordinary least squares estimator typically leads to an inconsistent estimation of $\\ell(x)$, and rather weighted least squares should be considered. An asymptotic minimax criterion is formulated for this estimator, and a design that minimizes the criterion is constructed. An important feature of this problem is that the $x$ values should be random, rather than fixed. Otherwise, the minimax risk is infinite. It is shown that the optimal random minimax design is different from its deterministic counterpart, which was studied previously, and a simulation study indicates that it generally performs better when $m(x)$ is a quadratic or a cubic function. Another finding is that, when the variance of the noise goes to infinity, the random and deterministic minimax designs coincide. The results are illustrated for polynomial regression models and a generalization is given in the Supplementary Material.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/biomet\/asac016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,23]],"date-time":"2022-02-23T20:14:39Z","timestamp":1645647279000},"page":"273-280","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Optimal minimax random designs for weighted least squares estimators"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"110","author":[{"given":"D","family":"Azriel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, , Technion City, Haifa 3200003, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023021111212181900_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"622","DOI":"10.1080\/01621459.1959.10501525","article-title":"A basis for the selection of a response surface design","volume":"54","author":"Box,","year":"1959","journal-title":"J. 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