Ci

=

Diametrical correction of ith element

Di

=

Drift factor for ith element

Ni

=

Complexity of ith element

Si

=

Shift factor for ith element

si

=

Standard deviation of ith element

sadj,i

=

Adjusted standard deviation of ith element

T

=

Gap targeted value (if not available, T = mGap,ST)

Ti

=

Nominal value of the ith element

mi

=

Mean of ith element

madj,i

=

Adjusted mean of ith element

Vi

=

Directional vector of ith element

wi

=

Allocation weight for the mean pool or the variance pool, ith element

Z.BenchGap,LT

=

Benchmark Z (long-term) of the gap

Z.BenchGap,ST

=

Benchmark Z (short-term) of the gap

Z.Benchi,LT

=

Benchmark Z (long-term)of the ith element

Z.Benchi,ST

=

Benchmark Z (short-term)of the ith element

ZP

=

Z-value which gives desired PPM (right tail) for long-term gap distribution