Table 3 The Taguchi L9(34) designation with four factors at three levels, detection time, and S/N ratio obtained from the corresponding runs.

From: Optimizing microfluidic chip for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection using Taguchi method and artificial neural network PSO

Experimental run

Designation

Dimensionless Response time (TR)

S/N ratio for TR

1

A1B1C1D1

930

− 59,3697

2

A1B2C2D2

225

− 47,0437

3

A1B3C3D3

175

− 44,8608

4

A2B1C2D3

680

− 56,6502

5

A2B2C3D1

105

− 40,4238

6

A2B3C1D2

220

− 46,8485

7

A3B1C3D2

630

− 55,9868

8

A3B2C1D3

170

− 44,6090

9

A3B3C2D1

100

− 40,0000