Preface -- Contents -- OVERVIEW -- SCREENING -- FACTOR INFLUENCE STUDIES -- STATISTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL TOOLS -- RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY -- OPTIMIZATION -- VARIABILITY AND QUALITY -- EXCHANGE ALGORITHMS -- MIXTURES -- MIXTURES IN A CONSTRAINED REGION OF INTEREST -- APPENDIX I A SUMMARY OF MATRIX ALGEBRA -- APPENDIX II EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AND MODELS FOR SCREENING -- APPENDIX III DESIGNS FOR RESPONSE SURFACE MODELLING -- APPENDIX IV CHOICE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE -- APPENDIX V SYMBOLS -- Index.