“…used for optimization of experimental parameters as it is not only time and reagent saving, but it also provides information about the interactions of parameters (Duarte and Duarte, 2011;Leardi, 2009). Experimental design for process optimization via response surface methodology has been studied by many researchers (Bingol and Kulcu, 2011;Liu et al, 2012;Esfahani et al (2014); Djafarzadeh et al, 2013;Akalin and Karagoz, 2014). Available experimental designs for process optimization include the following: full factorial design (FFD), Plackett-Burman design (PBD), Taguchi design (TD), cental composite design (CCD) and Box-Behnken design (BBD) (Sharif et al, 2014).…”