Statistical Inference: Theory of EstimationSrIvaStava, et al.Intended for the postgraduate students of statistics, it introduces the problem of estimation in the light of foundations laid down by Sir R.A. Fisher (1922) and follows both classical and Bayesian approaches to solve these problems. The text emphasizes on concept building, detailing of proofs of main theorems, their real life applications in different statistical models and critical and analytical remarks to explain and develop more insight of the subject. Each chapter provides not only practice problems for students but also many additional results as complementary material to the main text. Thus, the solved problems and exercises, that illustrate the applications of different theorems and results discussed, form an important part of the book and will prove beneficial for the students.

Computer aided Electrical DrawingYogESh, et al.Intended as a text for the undergraduate students of electrical engineering, it emphasises on design concept and drawing electrical apparatus based on design approach. This book mainly aims the Electrical Engineering students to give quite a good knowledge in design and drawing of electrical machines in a simplified approach. AutoCAD® software 2014 version is used for the illustrations of the problems in this book. This book gives a comprehensive view of winding diagrams of different machines, its types along with the assembling technique of various electrical machines and also the single line representations of the power system with various standard symbols, using computer aided software to stay at par with the digital era. This student-friendly text also covers those topics which are required by aspiring engineers in practical situations along with the present industrial requirements and standards.

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Quality ManagementpannEErSElvaM & SIvaSankaran

Global competition has forced organisations to deliver quality goods or services at competitive prices. This text provides ways and means of achieving efficient and effective production/services with quality to utmost customer satisfaction. Concept based case studies, chapter end discussion questions and numerical problems help students to understand the subject and to test their knowledge. The book is primarily designed for management and engineering students (Mechanical, Production and Industrial Engineering). Besides, postgraduate students will also be able to use this book for operations research and statistical quality control case studies.

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Maintenance, repair & rehabilitation & Minor Works of BuildingsvarghESE

This comprehensive text emphasises the important issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and minor works of buildings. It brings into fore the traditional as well as modern techniques used for repairing of buildings already constructed. Divided into five parts, the book deals with the maintenance of buildings, construction chemicals, concrete repairing chemicals, special materials for repair and repair of various parts of a building and strengthening of various reinforced concrete members. The book also explains the minor works involved in repair of the building. Finally, some allied topics such as control on termites and fungus in buildings and Vaastu Shastra are discussed. The book

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Concepts and applications of Microwave EngineeringkuMar & ShuklaThis well organised and lucidly written text is primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Electronics and Communication Engineering and allied branches. This book covers spectrum, transmission line, network analysis, microwave tubes, microwave solid-state devices, microwave measurement techniques, microwave antenna theories, radars and satellite communication with full description and illustrations to make readers feel absolutely comfortable in conceiving the theoretical and practical applications of Microwave Engineering. Besides, the book contains a large number of solved examples, MCQs and unsolved problems with answers to help students in improving their analytical skill.

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an Introduction to linear algebraMarWaha

This book is meant for an introductory course in linear algebra for undergraduate students of mathematics. It deals with the concept of vector spaces and special types of functions defined on them called linear transformations. Written from student's point of view, this textbook explains the basic concepts in a manner that the student would be able to grasp the subject easily. It covers special types of mappings on vector spaces and discusses related concepts of dual spaces and dual bases. Besides, various other types of operators like normal, self-adjoint and unitary are also

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Mechanical Engineering Design: Principles and ConceptsahMED

This textbook is designed to serve as a text for undergraduate students of mechanical engineering. It covers fundamental principles, design methodologies and applications of machine elements. It helps students learn to analyse and design basic machine elements in mechanical systems. Beginning with the basic concepts, the book discusses wide range of topics in design of mechanical elements. The emphasis is on the underlying concepts of design procedures.

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Financial accounting a Managerial Perspective, 5th ed.

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FunDaMEntals oF soFtwarE EnginEEring, 4th ed.

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This highly acclaimed and well received book, now in its fourth edition, has been extensively revised and enhanced to meet the rapid advancements in theory and practices of software engineering. It introduces McCall's quality factors and ISO 9126, more practice questions in each chapter and also chapter-end Objective type questions. The book is of immense value to undergraduate students of Computer Science and Engineering as well as for the students opting for a course in MCA, MBA and IT.

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research Methodology, 2nd ed.pannEErSElvaMThe comprehensive book, in its second edition, continues to give complete account of statistics and aspects of research methodology. Inclusion of SPSS with illustrations, as Chapter 17, gives readers an idea to obtain statistics for different techniques presented in the text. Written in an easy to understand style, the book is designed for MBA, MCom, MA (Economics), MA (Sociology) and PhD (Management, Commerce, Economics, and Engineering) courses. The book also helps the practitioners to carryout situation specific projects in quality domain of industries.

Signals and Systems, 2nd ed.rajESWarI & raoThe book, in its second edition, analyses the theory and concepts of signals and systems using various mathematical tools and techniques. The author emphasizes the application of the theory through a large number of solved examples, multiple choice questions and problems. Sections on "simple electronic systems realizations", has been added in Chapter 6, and a chapter on MATLAB programming, along with MATLAB solutions, have been added as Chapter 11. The text will be useful for the BE/BTech students of electrical engineering and its allied disciplines.

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hot Metal production by Smelting reduction of Iron oxide, 2nd ed.

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Discrete Mathematics and graph theory, 2nd ed.SatYanaraYana & praSaD

The comprehensive book, now in its second edition, provides a thorough understanding of the concepts and applications of discrete mathematics and graph theory. It covers a wide range of topics on discrete mathematics and graph theory. The new edition of this text includes an appendix at the end of the book. In addition, more exercises with answers have been added in various chapters. The book is intended to serve as a textbook for undergraduate engineering students of computer science and engineering, information communication technology (lCT), and undergraduate and

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Managing natural resources: Focus on Land and WaterMISra (Ed.)land and water resources—the focus of the present book—are vital for human survival and development. These resources have wide and significantly varying implications in rural and urban settlements, especially in India, where population has been continuously growing and, therefore, the demand of land and water has been intensifying. This has necessitated urgent need for reviewing the availability of land and water resources and their conservation. Thus, the book deals with the theory and cases on water and land resources and their effective use. It also reveals ground realities at micro and meso levels. The book is well equipped with pedagogical features such as maps, diagrams, satellite imageries and latest data. PG students and research scholars of geography, rural-urban studies and environmental science will find this compendium useful for their course study and reference. Policy makers, planners and academicians may also be benefited with this book for framing futuristic norms.

project Management, 2nd ed.gupta

Primarily designed for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of management and engineering (industrial and civil), the book, in its second edition, incorporates topics on project life cycle, project selection, feasibility study and techniques for project control like PERT and CPM. The book now comprises a new chapter on International Aspects of Project Management and many new live case studies for better understanding of the subject. Numerous additional practice problems have also been introduced as per the readers' suggestions.

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lab primer through MatlaB: Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Digital Signal Processor and Digital CommunicationnavaS & jaYaDEvanThis systematically designed laboratory manual elucidates a number of techniques which help the students carry out various experiments in the field of digital signal processing, digital image processing and digital communication through MATLAB in a single volume. A step-wise discussion of the programming procedure using MATLAB has been carried out in this book. The numerous programming examples for each Digital Signal Processing Lab, Image Processing Lab and Digital Communication Lab have also been included. This book is intended for the undergraduate students of electronics and communication engineering, electronics and instrumentation engineering, and instrumentation and control engineering for their laboratory courses in Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing and Digital Communication.

powder Metallurgy: An Advanced Technique of Processing Engineering Materials, 2nd ed.DattaThis up-to-date and student-friendly text continues to explain most of the aspects of powder metallurgy including the raw materials needed, various methods of production of metallic powders and non-metallic powders, their characteristics, technological aspects of compacting and sintering, various applications of powder metallurgy as well as most of the recent developments in powder metallurgy. In addition, several new sections have been incorporated as well as some sections have been updated, highlighting an up-to-date version of the book that explores the latest information. It is chiefly intended for the undergraduate students of metallurgical and material engineering as well as for the students of mechanical engineering, automobile engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial and production engineering.

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Fundamentals of optical Fibre Communication, 2nd ed.SathISh kuMar

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningvInoD ChanDra & harEEnDranPrimarily intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science and engineering, this text bridges the gaps in knowledge of the seemingly difficult areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning. This book promises to provide the most number of case studies and worked out examples than any other of its genre. The machine learning section begins with the basis of learning, and the various association rule learning algorithms. Various types of learning like, reinforced, supervised, statistical, and unsupervised are also included with a lot of case studies and application exercise. The well explained algorithms and pseudo codes for each topic make this book useful for students.

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analysis and Design practice of Steel Structures, 2nd ed.ghoSh

This well-received book, now in its second edition, presents the analysis and design of steel structures. The book examines three specific types of steel structures and provides exhaustive coverage of all necessary design calculations. This edition covers the analyses and design of steel structures based on Indian Standard code of practice IS 800:2007, with the structural calculations presented in a simple and lucid manner. This book is suitable for undergraduate students of civil engineering and postgraduate students of structural engineering.

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Control Systems, 2nd ed.ananD kuMar

Written in a student-friendly readable manner, this book, now in its second edition, explains the basic fundamentals and concepts of control systems in a clearly understandable form. It is a balanced survey of theory aimed to provide the students with an in-depth insight into system behaviour and control of continuous-time control systems. All the solved and unsolved problems in this book are classroom tested, designed to illustrate the topics in a clear and thorough way. nEW to thIS EDItIon• One new chapter on Digital Control Systems • Complete answers with figures • Root locus plots and Nyquist plots redrawn as per MATLAB output • MATLAB programs at the end of each chapter • Glossary at the end of chapters

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