xxi

NOMENCLATURE

(ui,g+1) (i,g+1) f/xi

Trail vector Mutant vector Partial derivative of design function with respect to component dimension i

A A(Gbest) Aij, Bij, Cij, Dij C(tpij)

Cost of loss caused by defective product Global best Coefficients of cost-process tolerance function Manufacturing cost of producing dimension i with process j chain

Cpi

Capability index of last process for producing dimension i

Cr CR CT F f(xi) Gen

Crossover constant Crossover operator, Total cost of manufacturing and quality Scaling factor or mutation constant Design function of a dimension chain No. of Generations

xxii k m n Quality loss coefficient Nominal value of the parameter specification (target value) Total number of component dimensions in a dimension NP P[i] Pbest[i] Pc pi Pm POP R1 and R2 Tf tid tpij Population members, Position vector Best population that the particle i reached Crossover probability , Total number of processes to produce dimension i Mutation probability , Population size Random numbers Functional tolerance of a dimension chain Design tolerance of component dimension i Process tolerance for producing dimension i with process j Tpij Allowable variation of stock removal for process j of producing dimension i tpijmax Upper bound of process j for producing dimension i

xxiii tpijmin tpipi Lower bound of process j for producing dimension i Process tolerance of last process for producing dimension i Tposition V[i] W W1, W2 Positional tolerance Velocity vector Inertia weight Weighting factors for manufacturing cost and quality xi xr1,g Y ith component dimension of a dimension chain Population vector Critical function dimensional value of a dimension chain; 2y Variance of functional dimension of a dimension chain

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

2D 3D CAD CAM DE EA EMS FOS GA GD & T LMC MMC PACV PSO RFS RSS SDT SM STS TOP WCS

Two Dimensional Three Dimensional Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Manufacturing Differential Evolution Evolutionary Algorithms Estimated Mean Shift Feature Of Size Genetic Algorithms Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Least Material Condition Maximum Material Condition Proportioned Assembly Clearance Volume Particle Swarm Optimization Regardless Of Feature size Root Sum Square criterion Small Displacement Torsor Spotts Modified Criterion Simultaneous Tolerance Synthesis Tolerance Of Position Worst Case Scenario