Preface .- Screening (sieve) design of experiments in metal cutting .- Modelling and optimisation of machining with the use of statistical methods and soft computing .- Design experiments, statistical and artificial intelligence analysis for the improvement of machining - a Review .- A systematic approach to design of experiments in waterjet machining of high performance ceramics .- Response surface modeling of fractal dimension in WEDM .- Thrust force and torque mathematical models in drilling of Al7075 using the response surface methodology .- Design of experiments in titanium metal cutting research .- Parametric optimization of submerged arc welding using Taguchi method.- Index.