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Machine Learning with SVM and Other Kernel Methods

By: K.P. Soman,R. LOGANATHAN,V. AJAY

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Machine Learning with SVM and Other Kernel Methods

By: K.P. Soman,R. LOGANATHAN,V. AJAY

Support vector machines (SVMs) represent a breakthrough in the theory of learning systems. It is a new generation of learning algorithms based on recent advances in statistical learning theory. Designed for the undergraduate students of computer science and engineering, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the state-of-the-art algorithm and techniques in this field. It covers most of the well known algorithms supplemented with code and data. One Class, Multiclass and hierarchical SVMs are included which will help the students to solve any pattern classification problems with ease and that too in Excel. KEY FEATURES  Extensive coverage of Lagrangian duality and iterative methods for optimization  Separate chapters on kernel based spectral clustering, text mining, and other applications in computational linguistics and speech processing  A chapter on latest sequential minimization algorithms and its modifications to do online learning  Step-by-step method of solving the SVM based classification problem in Excel.  Kernel versions of PCA, CCA and ICA The CD accompanying the book includes animations on solving SVM training problem in Microsoft EXCEL and by using SVMLight software . In addition, Matlab codes are given for all the formulations of SVM along with the data sets mentioned in the exercise section of each chapter.

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PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

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8120334353

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Computational Methods for Large Sparse Power Systems Analysis

An Object Oriented Approach

By: S.A. Soman,S.A. Khaparde,Shubha Pandit

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Computational Methods for Large Sparse Power Systems Analysis

An Object Oriented Approach

By: S.A. Soman,S.A. Khaparde,Shubha Pandit

Computational methods in Power Systems require significant inputs from diverse disciplines, such as data base structures, numerical analysis etc. Strategic decisions in sparsity exploitation and algorithm design influence large-scale simulation and high-speed computations. Selection of programming paradigm shapes the design, its modularity and reusability. This has a far reaching effect on software maintenance. Computational Methods for Large Sparse Power Systems Analysis: An Object Oriented Approach provides a unified object oriented (OO) treatment for power system analysis. Sparsity exploitation techniques in OO paradigm are emphasized to facilitate large scale and fast computing. Specific applications like large-scale load flow, short circuit analysis, state estimation and optimal power flow are discussed within this framework. A chapter on modeling and computational issues in power system dynamics is also included. Motivational examples and illustrations are included throughout the book. A library of C++ classes provided along with this book has classes for transmission lines, transformers, substation etc. A CD-ROM with C++ programs is also included. It contains load flow, short circuit analysis and network topology processor applications. Power system data is provided and systems up to 150 buses can be studied. Other Special Features: This book is the first of its kind, covering power system applications designed with an OO perspective. Chapters on object orientation for modeling of power system computations, data structure, large sparse linear system solver, sparse QR decomposition in an OO framework are special features of this book.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461508231

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9781461508236

Fertigation

A Novel Method of Applying Crop Nutrients

By: P. Soman

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Fertigation

A Novel Method of Applying Crop Nutrients

By: P. Soman

Fertigation requires a thorough understanding of the science behind the technology to make it deliver the immense possibility it offers in crop production. Though the idea of fertigation existed from the times of solution culture, it did not receive the necessary attention from among plant nutritionists and agronomists when it reappeared in the context of micro irrigation. Fertilizer application in field agriculture has also not developed as a precision technology. Recommendations of the quantum of fertilizers required for a crop, at least in India are not based on current varieties of the crops, nor have they anything to do with the growth rate and developmental changes occurring while a crop is managed by the grower. Most of the fertilizer recommendations are itself very old and efforts to make them relevant to the current growing conditions, soil status, crop variety and crops reaction to the environment etc. are very limited. It is even worse when growers follow traders’ recommendations whose idea is to sell more the fertilizer they supply. Not only lower yields and very low fertilizer use efficiencies, but the deterioration of soil and water bodies are the results. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.

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CRC Press

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1000505677

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DATA MINING

THEORY AND PRACTICE [WITH CD]

By: K. P. SOMAN,SHYAM DIWAKAR,V. AJAY

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DATA MINING

THEORY AND PRACTICE [WITH CD]

By: K. P. SOMAN,SHYAM DIWAKAR,V. AJAY

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. Designed as a textbook for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science, information technology, and master of computer applications, the book can also be used for MBA courses in Data Mining in Business, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, and Health Care Management. Students of Bioinformatics will also find the text extremely useful. CD-ROM INCLUDE’ The accompanying CD contains Large collection of datasets. Animation on how to use WEKA and ExcelMiner to do data mining.

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PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

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8120328973

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The Last Mile

Creating Social and Economic Value from Behavioral Insights

By: Dilip Soman

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The Last Mile

Creating Social and Economic Value from Behavioral Insights

By: Dilip Soman

The Last Mile helps lay readers not only to understand behavioral science, but to apply its lessons to their own organizations' last mile problems, whether they work in business, government, or the nonprofit sector.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442650435

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9781442650435

Biofabrication

Chapter 3. Projection Printing of Three-Dimensional Tissue Scaffolds with Tunable Poisson’s Ratio

By: Pranav Soman,Shaochen Chen

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Biofabrication

Chapter 3. Projection Printing of Three-Dimensional Tissue Scaffolds with Tunable Poisson’s Ratio

By: Pranav Soman,Shaochen Chen

Natural tissues have complex structural hierarchy and biological heterogeneity. Tissue engineering utilizes biomaterial scaffolds to mimic various natural properties in order to augment regeneration therapies. Current tissue engineering techniques typically incorporate imprecise scaffold geometries with random cell placement. As a result, little can be known about the specific influences of controlled changes in 3D scaffold properties on cell behavior and therefore making the results less predictive of how cell behaves in a 3D environment. Digital micromirror-assisted projection printing (DMD-PP) technology has become a promising tool to develop user-defined precise 3D microenvironments using complex biological components such as cells and native extracellular matrix (ECM). DMD-PP technology has been used in a variety of applications ranging from tissue engineering to cancer cell migration to neural stem cell culture, with the potential of patterning multiple cells in precise 3D locations. This chapter describes the novel use of DMD-PP technology in developing biomaterial scaffolds with tunable Poisson’s ratio, a fundamental aspect of mechanical property of all biomaterials.

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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0128090502

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9780128090503

Innovating for the Global South

Towards an Inclusive Innovation Agenda

By: Dilip Soman,Janice Gross Stein,Joseph Wong

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Innovating for the Global South

Towards an Inclusive Innovation Agenda

By: Dilip Soman,Janice Gross Stein,Joseph Wong

Innovating for the Global South offers fresh solutions for reducing poverty in the developing world.

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1442614625

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Managing Customer Value: One Step At A Time (Second Edition)

By: Dilip Soman,Sara N-marandi

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Managing Customer Value: One Step At A Time (Second Edition)

By: Dilip Soman,Sara N-marandi

How do you take an individual who has never done business with your organization and gradually transform them into the best possible customer? How do you decide how much to spend on various marketing actions? How do you think about the pricing decision with a view to optimizing the value of your customers as assets? Where do you start, what tools do you use, and what heuristics are useful in making these decisions? This book attempts to answer questions such as these. The one-sentence summary of the answer, though, is simple — hold the individual's hands and walk them up a value ladder, one step at a time.This book is written for an advanced student of business and the practicing manager. It presents an integrated view of the marketing function. In particular, it focuses on all the activities that a firm engages in to create and manage value - not just the customer-facing activities. It links the traditional views of customer value with the finance, accounting, human resources, organizational behaviour, information technology and operations functions of the organization. It draws on the science of behaviour change and the data sciences to present a contemporary view of the customer value function. The content is meant to be prescriptive — it describes a process for value creation and management, yet analytical; theoretical, yet empirically driven. It urges the reader to think about the customer value function to be organized along activities that the firm would like the customers to engage in, not activities that the firm engages in. It presents a framework that is not only conceptually driven but also has a sound mathematical basis.

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World Scientific

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9811247412

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9789811247415

Managing Customer Value: One Stage At A Time

By: Dilip Soman,Sara N-marandi

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Managing Customer Value: One Stage At A Time

By: Dilip Soman,Sara N-marandi

How do you take individuals who have never done business with your organization and work on them till some of them eventually become the best possible customers that you have? How do you decide how much to spend on various marketing tactics? How do you think about the pricing decision with a view to optimizing the value of your customers as assets? Where do you start — what tools do you use — what heuristics are useful in making these decisions? This book attempts to answer questions such as these. The one-sentence summary of the answer, though, is simple — hold the individuals hands and walk them through a value chain, one stage at a time.This book is written for an advanced student of business, as well as for the practicing manager, and presents an integrated view of the marketing function. In particular, it focuses on all the activities that a firm engages in to create and manage value, and not just the customer-facing activities. In that sense, it links the traditional views of customer value with the finance, accounting, human resources, organizational behaviour, information technology and operations functions. The content is meant to be prescriptive — it describes a process for value creation and management, yet analytical; theoretical, yet empirically driven. It urges the reader to think about the customer value function to be organized along activities that the firm would like the customers to engage in, not activities that the firm engages in. It presents a framework that is not only conceptually driven but also has a sound mathematical basis.

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981433846X

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9789814338462

Great 20th Century Biographies

By: Katharyn Knox Soman,Random House Value Publishing Staff,Random House Value Publishing,Rh Value Publishing

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Great 20th Century Biographies

By: Katharyn Knox Soman,Random House Value Publishing Staff,Random House Value Publishing,Rh Value Publishing

Entrepreneurs, inventors, performers, artists, writers, explorers...over the past 100 years and across the globe, men and women from all walks of life have had a positive impact on the world as we know it today. From Churchill to Cousteau, Freud to Gandhi, this is a compact one-stop biographical reference guide of 300 extraordinary people, arranged in a convenient A to Z format with black-and-white photos throughout.

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Gramercy

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0517180693

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9780517180693

International System Of Units

A Handbook On S.I. Unit For Scientists And Engineers

By: K. Soman

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International System Of Units

A Handbook On S.I. Unit For Scientists And Engineers

By: K. Soman

This book contains comprehensive reference material on the use of the International System of Units (SI system). It is now the world’s most widely used system of measurement, developed in 1960 from the metric system. As some countries, notably the United States and the United Kingdom, still continue to use customary units in addition to SI, this book also provides information on CGS, FPS and MKS systems of units. The book is organized into 12 chapters. The first nine chapters acquaint the readers with the definitions of the base units in the SI system, application of prefixes, realization of derived and supplementary units, conversion factors, general physical data, and several examples to illustrate the use of conversion factors between the units used in different systems. The book also contains engineering related data, in SI units, on properties of some metals, alloys and polymers for use by design engineers. Data on threaded fastners is also presented in SI units. Besides, there is miscellaneous other information, such as properties of gases, paper sizes, solar system, and earthquake severity measure-ment scale, presented in the context of the use of the SI system. The book will be useful as a handy guide to students of science and engineering, technicians, scientists and engineers, as well as authors and editors of technical books.

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PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

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8120336534

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9788120336537

Thermal Engineering

By: K. Soman

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Thermal Engineering

By: K. Soman

Primarily intended as a text for undergraduate students of mechanical engineering, this book presents a clear and concise exposition on the principles and applications of thermal engineering. Divided into 10 chapters, the book provides a comprehensive coverage on the fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat transfer; laboratory testing procedures for internal combustion engines (IC engines), working of gas turbines, refrigerators, and air-conditioning systems. Each topic is treated in detail giving necessary empirical formulas to solve the practical engineering problems. The derivations such as efficiencies of energy conversion, testing of IC engines and air compressors, estimating combustion parameters, and enthalpy and entropy calculations are provided to add an analytical approach to the subject. Key Features: Saturated with self-explanatory diagrams Provides unsolved problems to check students' comprehension of the subject Incorporated with Appendices comprising Steam Tables, Gas Tables and Standard pressure charts.

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8120340485

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9788120340480

MACHINE DESIGN DATA HANDBOOK

By: SOMAN, K.

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MACHINE DESIGN DATA HANDBOOK

By: SOMAN, K.

Machine Design, an ocean for mechanical engineers, requires the basic knowledge of mechanical engineering design that is provided with the help of step by step approach followed in a design data book. Keeping this in mind, this handbook is framed as per the latest syllabi followed in the universities, which presents the subject in a concise and step by step manner. This data book with latest standards and codes brings all the formulae and data required to solve the easiest to the most complex machine design problems under one umbrella. With fully updated data in SI units, it is loaded with numerous figures, tables and formulas. Design Data Handbook is the outcome of the author’s several decades of experience in teaching technicians in Design Engineering in Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Following a problem-solving approach, this handbook provides an opportunity to the students of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, and Automobile Engineering to learn to tackle the machine design problems and to apply their knowledge across the full spectrum of challenges facing the engineering/scientific communities.

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8120352572

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9788120352575

Double-Edged Sword

Nuclear Diplomacy in Unequal Conflicts, The United States and China, 1950-1958

By: Appu K. Soman

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Double-Edged Sword

Nuclear Diplomacy in Unequal Conflicts, The United States and China, 1950-1958

By: Appu K. Soman

An examination of the political and diplomatic role of American nuclear weapons in conflicts with a non-nuclear China in the Korean War and the Taiwan Strait crises of 1954-1955 and 1958, this study analyzes the American tendency to become involved in confrontations with far weaker powers over issues of very little strategic significance to the United States. Washington threatens these adversaries with the use of incommensurate levels of force, then ultimately backs down in the face of international and domestic opposition to ill-considered plans to use force. Unlike works on nuclear history that have either focused on superpower nuclear conflicts and ignored cases of American nuclear diplomacy toward non-nuclear adversaries, or those that have focused merely on the outcomes of nuclear threats against non-nuclear powers, this book considers in depth American nuclear diplomacy toward China during the whole period of Sino-American military confrontations. Soman offers new insights on Truman's decision to enter the Korean War, the extent of nuclear diplomacy during the war, and the way in which the war ended. He argues that the goal of American nuclear diplomacy in the spring of 1955 was to provoke a war with China, rather than to deter a Chinese attack on Taiwan. Finally, he lays out, for the first time in print, the elaborate diplomacy that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles initiated to defuse the 1958 crisis, involving a major shift in American policy that still remains hidden from the public as well as historians. Highlighting the central role of nuclear diplomacy in these crises, this book draws conclusions on the efficacy of such diplomacy, the impact of these crises on the development of policies of massive retaliation and limited war, the consequences of Dulles's brinkmanship, and the revival of nuclear diplomacy by the Clinton administration in conflicts with non-nuclear adversaries.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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156750941X

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9781567509410

Managing Customer Value

One Stage at a Time

By: Dilip Soman,Sara N-Marandi

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Managing Customer Value

One Stage at a Time

By: Dilip Soman,Sara N-Marandi

This book is written for students - as well as employees of organizations - who have some previous exposure to principles of marketing. Its main objectives are to introduce the key marketing principles that govern the interactions between consumers and the goods and services being offered to them, to show how these principles can be used to gain a deeper understanding of the consumer's decision-making cycle, and to apply this knowledge in developing micro-marketing tactics. In doing so, the book offers an alternative perspective to the general practice of marketing products to consumers. Instead of applying the principles of mass marketing to a general group of consumers with similar characteristics, it aims to capture the right consumer at the right time. This is achieved by gaining a deep understanding of consumers' purchasing behavior as they progress through different stages of affiliation with the product or service. These stages are simply a set of thoughts, experiences and feelings that consumers encounter when faced with a purchase decision. Therefore, the major unifying theme between all the observable consumer behaviors and marketing tactics is micro-marketing.

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