Most of what gets published was done by users & fed back to the makers & industry at large. Data is collected by US arsenals, GM, GE, Ford, Cat, etc. etc. At the simplest you track 7 variables → material, machine tool, coolant/dry, SFPM, FR, DOC and WL.
Surface speed is a velocity value, DOC and FR are force values. The wear land (WL) on cutting tools is your boundary. Working with all that you can manipulate your machining for economy up to max production (in any case you try to be in charge of things).
Generic tests will increase the base point for each one of those values 50% run for a specific time, stop & the measure the wear land & continue that to failure. Reset & bump the next variable value, rinse & repeat.
General use for the job shop is limited because of cost, but that’s where the generic numbers came from. The makers will test the tools against other proved tools they make for wear & impact using the same things they use for internal quality.
Will attach graphed stuff from GE & hopefully If I can find it from HSS double hump wear (from SFPM) published in Machinerys Handbook #1.
Good luck,
Matt