After many years of intensive work the international experts from ISO TC 39 have published TR 16907 „Machine tools – numerical compensation of geometric errors“ . The document defines the terminology and outlines the benefits and limitations of numerical compensation, furhermore it gives machine tool builders and users important information on the application of numercial compensation.
ISO TR 16907 ist set book for development departments of machine tool builders, but also a good read for machine tool users and buyers. It gives a very comprehensive overview on the subject. A first glance on the standard can be taken HERE .