There are quite a few others. See: 
http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/ExperimentalDesign.html

On May 12, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Chris Howden wrote:

> I've spent the last week or so looking at all the experimental design
> packages I can find in R. AlgDesign, design.conf and BHH2 being the  
> best one
> I could find.
>
> Unfortunately none of these do a particularly good job for complex  
> designs,
> in particular for conjoint or discrete choice. (or perhaps they do,  
> and I
> can't make them work correctly)
>
> Specifically, the problem is that none of them optimise the design  
> for main
> effects or 2-way effects balance. So although the 'd-efficiency' is
> optimised some 2 way interactions are not present in the design  
> (thereby
> preventing the interaction from being modelled). And the main effects
> balance is also quite bad, some levels being seen twice as often as
> others!!!!
>
> So I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience in using R  
> for
> complex design issues, and if so if they could point me in the  
> direction of
> some good packages? Or maybe help me out with my 'balance' problem?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> PS: And if all else fails I'm thinking about trying to extend  
> AlgDesign to
> incorporate balance as a criteria when searching for designs. So just
> wondering if there's anyone out there keen to help me (even if its  
> just
> testing out my beta versions)


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