SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING A PREDICTIVE CONTINUOUS PRODUCT SPACE FROM AN EXISTING DISCRETE PRODUCT SPACE

Systems and methods for developing a predictive continuous product space from an existing discrete product space and using the same, the predictive continuous product space and the existing discrete product space associated with a plurality of commercial or developmental grade engineering thermoplastics, including an engineering thermoplastics product algorithm operable for grouping a plurality of single point product grades into a plurality of product grade families, developing a plurality of predictive models for each of the plurality of product grade families, augmenting each of the plurality of product grade families with additional single point product data to improve modeling capability, and using multiple-response optimization techniques to determine new product grades that meet predetermined performance requirements.