Methods for maximizing the accommodation of composite user populations in designs, with fixed limit constraints, are delineated. Initially, the probability density function (PDF) for a composite user population, derived from a mix of subpopulations, is characterized in terms of subpopulation PDF's and methods of estimating univariate and multivariate PDF's given. Subsequently, necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for maximizing fixed limit accommodation are given in terms of the accommodation ranges and composite PDF. Motivating examples and discussion are in terms of mixes of male and female subpopulation.
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