Abstract
In this article, the problem of estimation of the individual weights of three objects using a chemical balance weighing design is considered. We use the criterion of D-optimality. We assume that the covariance matrix of errors is the matrix of first-order autoregressive process. Such problems were discussed in Li and Yang (Citation2005) and also in Yeh and Lo Huang (Citation2005). We present some results of D-optimal designs in certain class of designs with the design matrix X ∈ M n×3(±1) such that each column of matrix X has at least one 1 and one −1.