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2008 294pp 100Figs. 63Tables 160 x 240 620g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-471-2 £ 24.95 / US$ 49.95
2007 468pp 185 x 240 950g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-388-3 £ 34.95 / US$ 69.95
1999 264pp 155 x 230 350g Pb ISBN: 978-81-7319-260-9 £ 32.00 / US$ 64.50
2005 510pp 21Figs. 160 x 240 1000g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-208-4 £ 38.00 / US$ 74.50
Contents: Foreword / Preface / Introduction / Basic Concepts / Estimating Functions in the Multi-Parameter Case / Estimating Functions in the Presence of
Nuisance Parameters / Information in Distribution in the Presence of Nuisance Parameters / Estimating Functions in Semi-Parametric / Estimating Functions
in Survey Sampling / Appendix / References / Author Index / Subject Index
2004 244pp 160 x 240 700g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-163-6 £ 48.00 / US$ 95.00
A text for advanced courses in statistics, applied mathematics, operation research, computer science, different branches of engineering,
business and management, economics and life sciences etc., is aimed between elementary probability texts and advanced works on stochastic
processes. What distinguishes this text are the illustrations of theorems by examples and applications.
Audience: Undergraduate & Postgraduate Students & Teachers
2003 432pp 21Figs. 160 x 240 850g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-105-6 £ 49.50 / US$ 98.00
An Introductory Course of Statistical Mechanics introduces the subject to readers without any prior knowledge of the subject. In most
textbooks, Statistical Mechanics appears to be a branch of Condensed Matter Physics. This book has a different perspective. It gives great
importance to relativistic systems, thus paving the way for various applications of Statistical Mechanics, from nuclear reactions to Astrophysics
and Cosmology. Non-relativistic systems and their applications to Condensed Matter Physics are not abandoned either: there are discussions
on gases, liquids and magnetic systems. The book ends with one chapter on Phase Transitions and one on Boltzmann equation. Overall,
the book presents Statistical Mechanics from a broader perspective encompassing many branches of Physics.
Contents: Preface / Notations / List of Tables and Figures / A Review of Thermodynamics / Microstates and Macrostates / Microcanonical Ensemble / Canonical Ensemble /
Grand Canonical Ensemble / Equivalence of Different Ensembles / Non-interacting Bose Gas / Non-interacting Fermi Gas / Heat Capacities / Stellar Matter / Approximation
Methods / Fluids / Ising and Related Models / Inhomogeneous Systems / Phase Transitions / Boltzmann Equation / A: Physical Constants / B: Useful Mathematical Results / C:
Books of Related Interest / D: Answers to Selected Exercises / Index
Audience: Undergraduate & Postgraduate Students in Physics
2008 396pp 56Figs. 160 x 240 1000g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-436-1 £ 39.95 / US$ 79.95
The Laws of Large Numbers contains the usual laws of large numbers together with the recent ones derived in unified and elementary
approaches. Most of these results are valid for dependent and possibly non-identical sequence of random variables. These are
established under much greater generalities with methods drastically simpler than the standard ones available in current text-books.
Using the uniform Integrability type conditions, the monograph supplements the strong laws of large numbers by proving Lp-convergence
of the sample mean to its expectations.
Contents: Some Classical Laws of Large Numbers: Chebyshev’s Inequality and Its Applications / Borel-Cantelli Lemmas / Some Notions of Stochastic Convergence /
Uniform Integrability / Some Well-known Laws of Large Numbers / Some Recent Laws of Large Numbers: Some Recent L1 – LLNs / Some Recent SLLNs / Some Recent Lp
– LLNs / Some Further Results on SLLN: Method of Subsequences / Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund SLLN / Mixingales / SLLN for the Weighted Averages / Extensions of an
Inequality of Kolmogorov / Miscellaneous Results / Appendix: Some Further Results on Uniform Integrability
Audience: Graduate Students & Researchers
Mathematical Statistics
A Text Book FORTHCOMING TEXTBOOK
Suddhendu Biswas, G. L. Srivastava
A lucid presentation of modern probability theory based on Measure theoretic approach with examples. Presentation of the genesis
of all standard probability distributions (Discrete, Absolutely Continuous and Singular Distributions) inclusive of circular, Singular
distributions. New Interpretations of some distributions like Pareto, Logistic etc. Characterization of Distributions and inclusion of
Censoring of Distributions is a unique feature of the book. Coverage of Regression Analysis in a text book of statistical methodology
is also a new feature of the book. A large number of solved and unsolved examples is also a special feature of the book.
Contents: History of Statistical Thoughts / Mathematical Background of Measure Theory / Probability Theory / Distribution Theory / Expectations, Stochastic Convergence
and Limit Theorems / Specific Distributions (Discrete and Absolutely Continuous) / Regression and Correlation / Regression Analysis / Characterizations of Some Basic Discrete
and Absolutely Continuous Distributions / Parametric Statistical Inference and Censoring of Distributions / Nonparametric Statistical Inference and Order Statistics / Large
Sample Theory and Transformations in Statistics / Non-central Distributions and Multivariate Analysis
Audience: Undergraduate - Postgraduate Students & Researchers
2009 300pp 185 x 240 Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-489-7 £ 24.95 / US$ 49.95
Microarray Data
Statistical Analysis Using R TEXTBOOK
Shailaja R. Deshmukh, Sudha G. Purohit
Functional Genomics, a branch of Bioinformatics, is essentially an interdisciplinary subject in which Biologists, Statisticians and Computer
experts interact to analyze the microarray data. This book caters to the needs of all the three disciplines. For Biologists and Computer
scientists, it explains concepts of statistics and statistical inference. For Biologists and Statisticians, it provides annotated R programs to
analyze microarray data. For Statisticians and Computer scientists, it explains basics of biology relevant to microarray experiment. Thus,
the book will be useful to scientists from all the three disciplines, with not much knowledge of other disciplines, to analyze microarray data
and interpret the results.
Key Features:
z Numerous illustrations supplemented by diagrams, tables and figures to grasp the basic concepts of Statistics and its applications to Microarray Data.
z Annotated R programs at the end of each chapter to carry out analysis.
Contents: Preface / Introduction to Microarray Experiment / Normalisation of Microarray Data / Comparative Inference Procedures / Principal Component Analysis / Cluster
Analysis / Logistic Regression Analysis / Case Studies/ Appendix / References / Answers to Exercises / Index.
Audience: Postgraduate Students in Statistics, Life Sciences, Bio-medicine, Biotechnology & Computer Science
2007 340pp 185 x 240 800g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-423-1 £ 37.50 / US$ 75.00
Operations Research
TEXTBOOK
K. Chandrasekhara Rao, S. L. Mishra
Contents: Preface / Introduction / Mathematical Background / Linear Programming: Graphical Method / Linear Programming: Simplex Method / Duality in Linear Programming /
The Revised Simplex Method / The Transportation Problem / Assignment Problem / Game Theory / Dynamic Programming / Integer Programming Problem / Project Management /
Decision Theory / Sensitivity Analysis / Goal Programming / Queueing Theory / Bibliography / Index
Audience: Undergraduate & Graduate Students of Engineering / Management & Teachers
2005 348pp 160 x 240 700g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-120-9 £ 50.00 / US$ 98.00
Maintenance has an essential role in ensuring that engineering systems perform at expected levels of reliability, availability and safety in a cost effective
manner and in keeping with the corporate demands. A review of extensive research in the field of maintenance indicates that most models either have over-
simplified assumptions or are analytically and computationally too intensive for practical application. Optimal Maintenance of Large Engineering System
endeavors to address this anomaly for the maintenance decision maker and researcher. The book brings under one roof, a critical discussion on the classical
and contemporary analysis of maintenance models, presentation of maintenance decision as a multi-objective optimization problem using genetic algorithms
and use for fuzzy logic for handling uncertainty and expert opinion or domain knowledge with particular reference to maintenance of large engineering
systems. There are also necessary inputs to equip the readers with the necessary skills, such as genetic algorithms, fuzzy sets, bayesian statistics, etc., as
well as a detailed exposure to tools and techniques for maintenance planning and management, CMMS and expert systems.
Contents: Introduction / Modeling for Maintenance Decisions / Maintenance of Engineering Systems: A Multi-Criteria Problem / Multi-Objective Maintenance Optimization
using Genetic Algorithms / Uncertainty in Maintenance Decisions / Fuzzy Maintenance Decision Making / Optimal Spare Parts Inventory Decisions / Maintenance Costing /
Maintenance Management with Learning / Maintenance Planning: Tools and Strategies / Appendices / References / Bibliography / Index
Audience: Undergraduate – Postgraduate Students, Professionals & Researchers
2009 350pp 100Figs. 185 x 240 Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-524-5 £ 49.95 / US$ 99.00
2003 168pp 185 x 240 520g Hb ISBN: 978-81-7319-558-7 £ 49.00 / US$ 94.95
2005 483pp 167Figs. 100Tables 185 x 240 1150g Hb ISBN: 978-81-7319-572-3 £ 78.00 / US$ 155.00
1998 361pp 155 x 230 630g Hb ISBN: 978-81-7319-137-4 £ 45.00 / US$ 98.00
Contents: Preface / Preliminaries / Equal Probability Sampling / Systematic Sampling Schemes / Unequal Probability Sampling / Stratified Sampling / Use of Auxiliary Information /
Regression Estimation / Multistage Sampling / Non-sampling Errors / Recent Developments / References / Index
Audience: Undergraduate & Postgraduate Students
2005 206pp 160 x 240 600g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-214-5 £ 34.95 / US$ 69.95
Statistical Computing
Existing Methods and Recent Developments TEXTBOOK
D. Kundu, A. Basu
Statistical Computing: Existing Methods and Recent Developments attempts to provide a state of the art account of existing methods
and recent developments in the so called new field of Statistical Computing. Fourteen different chapters deal with a wide range of topics. This
includes introductory topics such as the basic numerical analysis methods, random number generation, graphical techniques used in statistical
data analysis and other areas. It also covers the more specialized techniques such as the EM algorithm, genetic algorithms, nonparametric
smoothing techniques, resampling methods, and artificial neural network models, to name a few. In addition, the volume also deals with the
computational issues involved in the analysis of mixture models, adaptive designs, weighted distributions, and statistical signal processing,
topics which are unlikely to be covered in a standard text on Statistical Computing.
Audience: Senior Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Teachers
2004 428pp 160 x 240 900g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-202-2 £ 35.00 / US$ 69.95
1999 206pp 185 x 240 575g Hb ISBN: 978-81-7319-281-4 £ 68.00 / US$ 130.00
Contents: Preface / List of Contributors / List of Tables / Part 1. General / Part II. Distribution Theory / Part III. Inference / Part IV. Outliers and Robust
Inference / Part V. Design of Experiments / Part VI. Survival Analysis and Reliability / Part VII. Applied Probability / Subject Index / Author Index
Audience: Postgraduate Students, Teachers & Researchers
2003 365pp 160 x 240 800g Hb ISBN: 978-81-7319-483-2 £ 65.00 / US$ 130.00
2007 224pp 185 x 240 700g Hb ISBN: 978-81-7319-742-0 £ 59.95 / US$ 120.00
Statistics Using R
Sudha G. Purohit, Sharad D. Gore, Shailaja R. Deshmukh NEW TEXTBOOK
Statistics Using R will be useful at different levels, from an undergraduate course in statistics, through graduate courses in biological
sciences, engineering, management and so on. The book introduces statistical terminology and defines it for the benefit of a novice.
For a practicing statistician, it will serve as a guide to R language for statistical analysis. For a researcher, it is a dual guide,
simultaneously explaining appropriate statistical methods for the problems at hand and indicating how these methods can be
implemented using the R language. For a software developer, it is a guide in a variety of statistical methods for development of a
suite of statistical procedures.
Contents: Preface / Introduction to R / Descriptive Statistics / Probability and Probability Distributions / Statistical Inference / Correlation and Regression Analysis /
References / Index
Audience: Undergraduate – Postgraduate Students, Professionals & Researchers
2008 300pp 130Figs. 83Tables 185 x 240 700g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-478-1 £ 37.50 / US$ 75.00
Survey Sampling
P. Mukhopadhyay
Survey Sampling reviews aspects of statistical inference in finite population sampling. After reviewing important results in fixed population
models, the book considers in detail the model-dependent optimal strategies of Royall and Herson (1973) and the robustification of these
strategies under model breakdown. It then reviews model assist strategies of Cassel, Sarndal and Wretman (1976) and Wright (1983).
Asymptotic properties of these strategies are also reviewed. Another approach is design-based calibration of Deville and Sarndal (1992).
Design-based conditional inference is an alternative approach which has drawn considerable attention to survey statisticians. Lastly
the book reviews two important tools of making inference, -Model Calibration approach and Empirical Likelihood based approach.
Post-stratification is another aspect which requires considerable attention.
Contents: Preface / The Preliminaries / Some Inferential Problems under Fixed Population Set-up / Model-Dependent Optimal Strategies / Robustness of Model-Dependent
Optimal Strategies / Model-Assisted Sampling Strategies / Asymptotically Optimum Sampling Strategies / Robust Strategies / Design-Based Conditional Approach / The Design-
Based Calibration Approach / Model Based Calibration Approach / Empirical Likelihood Approach / References / Author Index / Subject Index
Audience: Postgraduate Students in Statistics
2007 268pp 185 x 240 720g Hb ISBN: 978-1-84265-374-6 £ 39.95 / US$ 79.95
978-81-7319-488-7 J.C. Misra Industrial Mathematics and Statistics 2003 HB 95.00 152.00
978-81-7319-493-1 J.C. Misra Mathematical Models for Bioengineering and 2005 HB 85.00 170.00
Probabilistic Systems
978-81-7319-220-3 P. Mukhopadhyay Small Area Estimation in Survey Sampling 1998 HB 45.00 89.95
978-81-7319-559-4 S.K. Srinivasan et al. Stochastic Point Processes 2003 HB 65.00 125.00
978-81-7319-517-4 J.C. Parikh Stochastic Processes and Financial Markets 2003 HB 38.00 75.00
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