Budget Optimization and Allocation: An Evolutionary Computing Based Model is a guide for computer programmers for writing algorithms for efficient and effective budgeting. It provides a balance of theory and practice. Chapters explain evolutionary computational techniques (genetic algorithms) and compare these techniques with traditional approaches to budget allocation. A case study on the complex and broad problem of union budgeting of India is presented. The macro and micro economic issues specific to the case discussed, with the growth rate being the final aim of the budget exercise. The authors also present a comparison of the budget allocation practices of different countries, consistent with other factors such as their local economy, culture, population, etc. The use of evolutionary computation to tackle incremental budgeting is also presented. Readers will be able to understand the synergies of modern computational techniques with tried and tested budgeting models. Budget Optimization and Allocation: An Evolutionary Computing Based Model is a useful reference for graduate students, business enterprise programmers, and evolutionary computing/AI researchers who seek to understand new methods of budgeting.
Budget Optimization and Allocation: An Evolutionary Computing Based Model is a guide for computer programmers for writing algorithms for efficient and effective budgeting. It provides a balance of theory and practice. Chapters explain evolutionary computational techniques (genetic algorithms) and compare these techniques with traditional approaches to budget allocation. A case study on the complex and broad problem of union budgeting of India is presented. The macro and micro economic issues specific to the case discussed, with the growth rate being the final aim of the budget exercise. The authors also present a comparison of the budget allocation practices of different countries, consistent with other factors such as their local economy, culture, population, etc. The use of evolutionary computation to tackle incremental budgeting is also presented. Readers will be able to understand the synergies of modern computational techniques with tried and tested budgeting models. Budget Optimization and Allocation: An Evolutionary Computing Based Model is a useful reference for graduate students, business enterprise programmers, and evolutionary computing/AI researchers who seek to understand new methods of budgeting.
The text discusses the designing of field-programmable gate array-based green computing circuits for efficient green communication. It will help senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers from diverse engineering domains such as electrical, electronics and communication, and computer. Discusses hardware description language coding of green communication computing (GCC) circuits. Presents field-programmable gate arrays-based power-efficient models. Explores the integrations of universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter and field-programmable gate arrays. Covers architecture and programming tools of field-programmable gate arrays. Showcases Verilog and VHDL codes for green computing circuits such as finite impulse response filter, parity checker, and packet counter. The text discusses the designing of energy-efficient network components, using low voltage complementary metal-oxide semiconductors, high-speed transceiver logic, and stub series-terminated logic input/output standards. It showcases how to write Verilog and VHDL codes for green computing circuits including finite impulse response filter, packet counter, and universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter.
The Present Volume Provides An Excellent Up-To-Date Account Of The Course And Development Of Biochemistry. The Text Revolves Around The Basic Principles Of Biochemistry As Well As Molecular And Biochemical Control Mechanisms Responsible For Structural, Informational And Behavioural Properties Of Cells Resulting In A Composite Picture Of Modern Biochemistry. The Book Is Organized Into Five Sections That Follows An Introductory Chapter Dealing With Biochemical Basis Of Life. Part I Treats The Foundations And Fundamentals Which Includes Four Chapters To Help Prepare A Student Finally To Enter The Realm Of Biochemistry. This Part Is Especially Designed To Clarify The Basic Concepts And Introducing Quantitation In Biochemical Sciences And Represents A Distinctive And Crucial Feature Above All The Existing Texts. Part Ii Deals With Molecular Structure And Organization Of Biomolecules. This Part Is Composed Of Five Chapters Describing In Detail, The Biochemical Organization Of Information Molecules In Living Cells. Part Iii Represents Biosynthesis Of Biomolecules Covering Five Chapters Describing In Detail The Biochemical Control Of Traffic Of Information Molecules In The Living Cells. Part Iv Describes The Dynamics Of Energy Transformation And Represents Six Chapters Dealing With The Maintenance And Expenditure Of Energy In Biochemical Processes. Part V Deals With Enzymology And Special Aspects Of Metabolism And Includes Eleven Chapters Especially Devoted To Cover Recent Developments And Topics Of Current Importance. This Volume Concludes With A Chapter Dealing With The Place And Relevance Of Biochemistry On An Interdisciplinary Platform. Every Chapter Is Followed By A Short List Of Selected General References Pertaining To That Particular Subject. There Are Seven Indices Following The Complete Write Up And Is Primarily Directed Towards Providing Additional And Extra Information Useful To Establish A Link Between All The Sections And Chapters.In View Of Academic Curriculum Existing In Various Universities And Institutions (Including Agricultural Universities), The Present Book Should Conform To The Requirements And Interests Of Honours And Postgraduate Students In Life Sciences In General Including Biochemistry, Botany, Zoology, Genetics And Microbiology.
Nepal is a living example of contrasts and contradictions.It is a country that was born in medieval times, grew up in the 16th century, and now finds itself engulfed in the high-tech gadgets and material marvels of the 21st century. Nepal has its share of problem which include inadequate economic development and social infrastructure, poverty and corruption, plus worsening pollution, but now it finally has relative peace and quiet after a hasty Maoist uprising. Indeed, it has passed through several democratic elections, and finally seems to be getting on the right track. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Nepal contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Nepal.
This monograph examines contemporary environmental challenges facing Nepal, this landlocked country’s representativeness in the wider South Asian context is both distinct and generalizable. In large part, this is because of its extremes of physiographical structure- plains, hill ranges, mountainous massifs - and wide range of altitudinal terrains, which represent and replicate South Asian and East Asian continental conditions differing as markedly as humid tropical lowlands, sub-tropical hill ranges and temperate to sub-arctic mountainous environments. Associated forest regimes, in which deforestation and reforestation patterns have evolved in recent times, and differing densities of settlement and cleared agricultural landscapes in each of these altitudinal zones, add to the environmental diversity of Nepal. Associated fauna and exotic species are in various states of endangerment especially Bengal tigers, one horned rhinos, wild elephants, crocodile, musk deer, and peasants, to name a few- so that their forested and mountainous habitats as ‘Wild Life Reserves’ also deserve our attention, and are featured in this monograph’s remit.
For every story of optimism about the growth of medical tourism to India, there are multiple others about medical neglect. Scratch the surface and you find a thick layer of corruption in this life-sustaining sector. This hard-hitting volume shows a mirror to society and, more specifically, to those associated with the health sector—on how healers, in many cases, are shifting shape to becoming predators. In the essays by contributors from within and outside the medical fraternity, we see the many faces, the many facets of corruption—from exorbitant billing by corporate hospitals to the non-merit-based selection in medical colleges to questionable motives playing strong in the area of organ transplantation. But Healers or Predators? is not only about the illness affecting the sector. It also offers solutions, and some stories of hope. The Foreword by Amartya Sen is an added bonus. ‘This splendid, if depressing, book will do a lot to remedy [the] momentous neglect [of healthcare]. We have excellent reasons to be grateful to the authors and editors of this important collection of investigative studies.’—Amartya Sen
Designed primarily as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of management and commerce, this comprehensive and well-organized book equips the readers with the knowledge to analyze the domestic and global business environment. The focus of the book is on the assessment of the evolving business scenario using analytical underpinnings and latest data. This book clearly brings out the implications of changes in socio-economic and legal environment of business, and covers business environment by tracking changes in national income, inflation, fiscal deficit, money supply, exchange rate, balance of payment and many other economic variables. Besides, it briefs on legal aspects, deliberates on demographic changes and changes in technical and natural environment of business. Besides students, practising managers and policy makers will also find the book as a useful reference. Key Features • Illustrations using latest data (upto June 2013) • Boxes containing numerical illustrations and technical details • Cases depicting Indian Business Environment and providing glimpses of evolving global business environment • Review questions, numerical problems and case analysis Companion Website: This text is supported by the companion website: www.phindia.com/veenapailwar/ containing useful resources for the teachers and study aids for the students. Instructors’ Resources: To support the teaching efforts the website contains—Answers to the end of the chapter Numerical Problems with explanation; More than 1000 crisp, clear and colourful PowerPoint Slides; and more than 1000 Multiple Choice Questions. Students’ Resources: To strengthen the understanding of the students on the subject the website resources comprise—Interactive Multiple Choice Questions and hints for solving chapter-end Numerical Problems.
The study attempts to delineate the changing contours of India-China relationship in the cold war period, in terms of bilateral, regional and international perspectives. It also analyses the interaction between China and other South Asian nations Pakistan, Bangladesh etc. It gives an account of Indo-China relations historical background from 1947-62.
This book provides a fully comprehensive, rigorous and refreshing treatment of ‘Air Pollution and Control’ covering present day technology and developments. It covers various new topics like bioaerosols or aeroallergens and hazardous air pollutants including diesel exhaust and dioxins. The book is intended to meet the requirements of (a) Undergraduate and postgraduate students of particularly Environmental and Mechanical Engineering and also other branches of Engineering, (b) Technologists, designers, operation and maintenance engineers of industries, electrical power plants, heat and power utilities, (c) Aspirants for competitive examinations of IAS, IES, IFS, PCS, and aspirants for various state and private technical services, etc. and (d)General readers interested in the field for better understanding and knowledge. The book is divided into 20 chapters and presents enormous information covering all aspects of Air Pollution in various sectors relevant to Indian conditions. Each of the following chapters is followed by questions at the end based upon the text.
This book explains the calculations of Laughlin and Schrieffer and shows how they are modified when the magnetic length is treated properly. The attachment of flux quanta to the electron has been discussed at length and experimental reports are re-examined in the light of variable magnetic length. The angular momentum theory of the Quantum Hall Effect explains the experimental data as is well based on theoretical grounds. An effort is made to compromise the flux-attached electron theory with the angular momentum theory which shows that some of the composite fermions become bosons. The Quantum Hall effect is explained on the basis of angular momentum theory. The importance of the negative spin has been discussed. The considerable amount of literature is reviewed.
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