1. Efficiency Models in Data Envelopment Analysis: Techniques of Evaluation of Productivity of Firms in a Growing Economy
Sengupta, J. K. and Sahoo, B. K. (2006)
Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom
 This volume discusses the latest techniques and their economic applications for modern industries like computer, pharmaceutical, banking and other manufacturing. These industries are most important for a growing economy. Both econometric and mathematical programming techniques are analyzed so as to develop a synthetic approach. The industrial applications
emphasize the various aspects of R&D spending, advertisement expenditure and imperfect market structures.
Jati Sengupta is Professor of Economics at the University of California Santa Barbara, USA. He is an international expert in efficiency theory and decision analysis under uncertainty. He has published three research monographs on applied efficiency theory including data envelopment analysis. He has international consulting experience at the World Bank, Ford Foundation and other agencies.
Biresh Sahoo is Associate Professor of Economics at the Amrita School of Business, India. He has been a recipient of the Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2001-02 under the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme. His work has been published in scholarly journals, such as Annals of Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Systems Science, International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences and OPSEARCH. His research interest lies in production theory and its application using data envelopment analysis. More»
2. Insight into Data Mining : From Theory and Practice
Dr. Soman K.P., Shyam Diwakar, V. Ajay
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatoe, Tamil Nadu
Published by:
Prentice-Hall of India
Pages : 420
ISBN : 81-203-2897-3
Price : Rs. 350.00
About the Book
Data Mining is an emerging technology that has made its way into science, engineering, commerce and industry as many existing inference methods are obsolete for dealing with massive datasets that get accumulated in data warehouses.
This comprehensive and up-to-date text aims at providing the reader with sufficient information about data mining methods and algorithms so that they can make use of these methods for solving real-world problems. The authors have taken care to include most of the widely used methods in data mining with simple examples so as to make the text ideal for classroom learning. To make the theory more comprehensible to the students, many illustrations have been used, and this in turn explains how certain parameters of interest change as the algorithm proceeds.
3. Insight into Wavelets:
From Theory to Practice
Dr.Soman K.P., Dr.Ramachandran K.I
Amrita School of Business
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India.
Published by:
Prentice-Hall of India
Pages : 308
ISBN : 81-203-2650-4
Price : Rs. 250.00
About the Book
The rapid growth of the theory of wavelets and their application in diverse areasranging
from oil exploration to bioinformatics, and astrophysics-has made it imperative that engineers and scientists pursuing these areas have a working knowledge of wavelets. In the past few years, the study of wavelets and the exploration of the principles governing their behaviour have brought about sweeping changes in the disciplines of pure and applied mathematics and sciences.
Keeping this in mind, the authors have specifically written this comprehensive text to fulfill the curriculum requirements of a course on wavelets. It offers an introduction to wavelet analysis, in an easy-to-understand style, without mathematical rigour. Beginning with a description of the origin of wavelets and a discussion on the recent developments, the book moves on to explain the basic concepts in Fourier series, continuous wavelet transform, discrete wavelet transform, lifting scheme and applications of wavelets in image compression, signal denoising and computer graphics.
Intended primarily as a textbook for the postgraduate students of computer science, electrical/electronics and communication engineering, this book would also be useful for the practising engineers and researchers.
4. SPATIAL PLANNING for Nature Conservation in Vu Quang Reserve
Roland Eve, Shobhana Madhavan , Vu Van Dzung
Amrita School of Business
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India.
Published by:
WWF Indochina Programme
Pages : 158
ISBN : 81-203-2650-4
Description
The 55,000 hectare Vu Quang Nature Reserve, located in Central Vietnam, came into the limelight when a new species of large mammal – the Pseudoryx Nghetinhensis (Saola) – was discovered in the region in 1994. The Saola is one of the world’s rarest mammals, and is on the verge of extinction. This book presents a management plan for Vu Quang which aims to (i) conserve a network of protected areas, (ii) restore a valuable ecosystem, and (iii) promote sustainable livelihoods in surrounding communities.
The authors adopt a framework of landscape ecology which allows for the integration of human parameters into the management of the Reserve, while taking into account spatial heterogeneity in the diverse landscape of Vu Quang. To conserve the unique biodiversity in Vu Quang, activities are proposed at multiple levels of spatial hierarchy – the commune level, nature reserve level, and the one million hectare network of protected areas at the Northern Annamite mountain range. This strategic approach provides a framework for understanding human impact on the environment. The book contains a workplan with detailed conservation and development activities at the different spatial scales. |
