An Introduction To Astrophysics

BAIDYANATH BASU, Ph.D. has been Professor and Head, Department of Applied Mathematics, Calcutta University. He did his postgraduation in astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. TANUKA CHATTOPADHYAY, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics, Calcutta University. She is a Visiting Associate of Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune since 2002. She has published many research papers in national and international journals in the field of astrophysics.

SUDHINDRA NATH BISWAS has assisted Dr. Baidyanath Basu in writing the book entitled An Introduction to Astrophysics under the UGC fellowship scheme for the preparation of university level books by Indian authors. A teacher by profession, he holds a Master’s degree in science and a Bachelor’s degree in teaching. He retired as Headmaster of Sonamukhi B.J. High School, Bankura, West Bengal.

"This invaluable book, now in its second edition, covers a wide range of topics appropriate for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in astrophysics. The book conveys a deep and coherent understanding of the stellar phenomena, and basic astrophysics of stars, galaxies, clusters of galaxies and other heavenly bodies of interest.

Since the first appearance of the book in 1997, significant progress has been made in different branches of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The second edition takes into account the developments of the subject which have taken place in the last decade. It discusses the latest introduction of L and T dwarfs in the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram (or H-R diagram). Other developments discussed pertain to standard solar model, solar neutrino puzzle, cosmic microwave background radiation, Drake equation, dwarf galaxies, ultra compact dwarf galaxies, compact groups and cluster of galaxies.

Problems at the end of each chapter motivate the students to go deeper into the topics. Suggested readings at the end of each chapter have been complemented."

ISBN: 9788120340718
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Engineering Physics

G. S. RAGHUVANSHI (Ph.D., IIT Kanpur) is Director, Modi Institute of Technology, Kota, Rajasthan. He had been Pro Vice-Chancellor, Director (Academics), Dean (Applied Sciences), and Professor and Head, Department of Physics, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota. He has forty years of experience in teaching physics, including postgraduate teaching. A life member of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers and ISTE, and a member of IEEE, Professor Raghuvanshi has published 20 research papers in reputed national and international journals.

"This book, now in its second edition, is suitable for the first-year students of all branches of engineering for a course in Engineering Physics. The book exposes students to fundamental knowledge in the following topics of physics :

• Interference, polarization, and diffraction of light

• Holography

• Lasers and optical fibre

• Quantum mechanics and band theory of solids

• Special theory of relativity

• Nuclear radiation detectors

• Dielectric materials and electromagnetism

ISBN: 9788120341289
Published by: PHI Learning

Computer Concepts And C Programming : A Holistic Approach To Learning C

BASAVARAJ S. ANAMI, Ph.D., is the Principal of KLE Institute of Technology, Hubli, Karnataka. Dr. Anami has nearly 27 years of teaching experience in computer science and related subjects. His research interests include image processing, speech processing and artificial intelligence. He has to his credit about 65 research papers published in journals and conferences.

SHANMUKHAPPA A. ANGADI, Ph.D., is Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka. He has two decades of teaching experience, and about 35 research papers to his credit published in journals and conferences. His research interests include image processing, soft computing knowledge based systems and web-based computing.

SUNILKUMAR S. MANVI, Ph.D., is Professor and Head, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, Karnataka. He has more than two decades of teaching experience. His research interests include multimedia communications, agent technology applications in mobile computing and wireless networks. He has published about 20 journal and 45 conference papers at national and international level.

"This second edition of the book allows students to undertake a complete study of C, including the fundamental concepts, programming, problem solving, and the data structures. The book is also structured to provide a general introduction to computer concepts before undertaking a detailed treatment of the C programming language. To that end, the book is eminently suitable for the first-year engineering students of all branches, as per the prescribed syllabus of several universities, for a course on Computer Concepts and C Programming. Besides, the book fully caters to the needs of the students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in general streams such as computer science, information science, computer applications (BCA and MCA) and information technology.

Written in an engaging style, the book builds the students’ C programming skills by using a wide variety of easy-to-understand examples, illustrating along the way the development of programming constructs and logic for writing high-quality programs. The book also develops the concepts and theory of data structures in C, such as files, pointers, structures, and unions, using innumerable examples. The worked examples, in the form of programs and program segments, are illustrated with outputs of sample runs.

A chapter on Computer Graphics is provided to give the students a feel of how C language is used for display of graphics and animation. An exclusive chapter on advanced concepts such as enumerated data types, bitwise operators and storage classes is included in sufficient detail to help students progress to writing practical and real-world applications. Besides, a new chapter presents a “C” quiz comprising of 100 objective type questions that help readers to test their C skills."

ISBN: 9788120340671
Published by: PHI Learning

Psychology — Part I

HARDEEP KAUR SHERGILL (M.A. and M.Phil. in Psychology) is a Consultant Counsellor and Psychotherapist. She is teaching in a degree college and has more than nine years of teaching experience in the subject.

"Designed for the undergraduate students of psychology, this compre-hensive text presents the fundamental principles and concepts of psychology. It discusses in detail various human behavioural patterns.

The book describes the nature, goals and different schools of psychology. It explains various methods of psychological research such as experimental, observation, interview, questionnaire and case-study methods. Besides describing the biological bases of human behaviour, it examines different types of psychological tests which are conducted to differentiate one individual from another.

This student-friendly book also elaborates the processes of learning and memory, the nature and types of memory and other important aspects of human behaviour such as motivation, emotion and intelligence. The James–Lange and Cannon–Bard theories of emotion, psychometric theory and cognitive theory of intelligence are also thoroughly dealt with. Finally, different concepts of personality and techniques of assessment of personality are explained.

ISBN: 9788120339781
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The Processes Of Life : An Introduction To Molecular Biology

Lawrence E. Hunter, a founder of the International Society for Computational Biology, is Director of the Computational Bioscience Program and of the Center for Computational Pharmacology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

"Becoming conversant with the intricacies of molecular biology and its extensive technical vocabulary can be a challenge, though, as introductory materials often seems more like a barrier than an invitation to the study of life. This text offers a concise and accessible introduction to molecular biology, requiring no previous background in science; it covers the basics in all aspects of molecular biology, from biochemistry and evolution to molecular medicine and biotechnology.

A reader who has mastered the information in The Processes of Life is ready to move on to more complex material in almost any area of contemporary biology.

“The Processes of Life is an excellent introduction to molecular biology… . By deconstructing an exceedingly complicated body of information into a set of core principles, Hunter provides the reader with a framework for grasping the strengths and challenges of modern biology... this book’s clarity and frankness make it an invaluable resource for any person, from any profession, seeking an introduction to molecular biology.”

ISBN: 9788120340787
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Managing Human Resources

LUIS R. GÓMEZ-MEJÍA, Arizona State University

DAVID B. BALKIN, University of Colorado at Boulder.

ROBERT L. CARDY, University of Texas at San Antonio

"The sixth edition of the book prepares ALL FUTURE managers with a business understanding of the need for human resource management skills. The book covers all the facets of Human Resources and equips the student with the necessary information to help them become effective managers in any organization.

HIGHLIGHTS :

Concise dictionary of HR terminology

NEW TO THIS EDITION :

800 new references cited in the text.

Revised end of chapter cases.

Updated and revised boxed features within the text.

Coverage of the effect of the 2008 global economic upheaval and how managers can effectively deal with HR issues that arises as a result.

New coverage of employee stress and anxiety.

Updated coverage of diversity."

ISBN: 9788120341227
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Psychology : Pythagoras to Present

JOHN C. MALONE, Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

"Certain ideas have thoughtful thinkers since ancient times. In this book, the author examines these ideas in the writings of thinkers from olden times to the present day. He argues for their importance not just as precursors of modern views but as ideas that are frequently better than the current ones.

The text offers breadth and depth, an engaging style and thorough scholarship, demonstrating the relevance of the great psychological thinkers.

“John Malone has written a splendid book! A lively, readable and vigorous defense of history. It covers a wide sweep from the early Greeks through Roman and Christian philosophy and the Enlightenment to modern developments such as cognitivism and behaviorism. It is both informative and critical, full of apercus that clobber their targets with force and grace. I hope that Malone’s book may do for psychology what Bertrand Russell’s historical opus did for philosophy. Read it.”

ISBN: 9788120341210
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Textbook Of Animal Behaviour

Fatik Baran Mandal (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor in Zoology, Bankura Christian College, Bankura, West Bengal. He has more than a decade of teaching and research experience. He did his doctoral work at Zoological Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, Kolkata, as a Research Fellow. Dr. Mandal is a member of a number of national and international organizations. His list of publications includes a number of research and popular articles along with a book. He has been awarded F.Z.S.I. in the year 1995.

ISBN: 9788120340350
Author: Fatik Baran Mandal
Published by: PHI Learning

Child Development

Long considered the standard text in child development, the Eighth Edition of this best-selling book continues its tradition of being the most current and comprehensive text available.

The author has revised the text, adding new pedagogy, a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, expanded coverage of culture, and an enhanced focus on education, health, and social issues, including many social policy topics addressed throughout the text. Berk’s revision provides contemporary and cohesive coverage on contexts for development, not only including family but extending beyond the family to peers, schooling, media, neighborhoods, communities, and societal values and priorities.

This book will be immensely useful to the postgraduate students of psychology, researchers in the field, clinical psychologists, and also to those who have an abiding interest in holistic child development.

“This text is my favorite in the field and I plan to continue to use it. The book is current, accurate, comprehensive, balanced, and well written.”

ISBN: 9788120340626
Author: Berk, Laura E
Published by: PHI Learning

Fundamentals Of Digital Image Processing

This book provides a thorough overview of the topics in Digital Image Processing: representation, processing, techniques, and communication. Besides presenting the necessary mathematical tools, it discusses the major topics in detail.The text covers aspects of image representation including luminance, colour, spacial and temporal properties of vision and digitization. Image processing techniques are explained in full, and comprehensive treatment of stochastic models_useful in understanding the fundamental techniques of image restoration_and coding is provided.The author also discusses algorithm developments (software/firmware) for image transforms, enhancement, reconstruction and image coding. Over 400 pieces of art and numerous illustrative diagrams help the reader in understanding the subject.

ISBN: 9788120309296
Author: Jain, Anil K
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Mergers And Acquisitions : Strategy, Valuation And Integration

KAMAL GHOSH RAY (PhD, AICWA) is Director and Professor of Finance and Risk Management, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, Hyderabad. Earlier, he worked as CEO, Sapphire Global Finance, and Segment Controller, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB). He has also occupied senior positions in other reputed organizations. Dr. Ray was a Visiting Professor at Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne (Burgundy School of Business), Dijon, France. He has presented papers on M & As at various conferences—in MIT; Syracuse University, New York; and a number of forums in India. Besides, he has presented research papers at various conferences in the UK, Australia and other countries and has published several articles in journals of international repute.

During the last couple of decades or so, mergers and acquisitions (M & As) have assumed great importance. Giant corporations and big multinational enterprises (MNEs) are constantly on the lookout for acquiring big or small companies to increase their wealth and become even bigger global giants. It is in this context that a comprehensive book on M & As such as the one authored by Professor Kamal Ghosh Ray becomes so significant.

This well-balanced and well-researched text is a harmonious blend of theoretical concepts and practical aspects on mergers and acquisitions. The book begins with an analysis of the causes of and strategic approaches to M & As. Then it goes on to give a detailed discussion on the valuation aspects—valuing the enterprise, business, brands, goodwill, HR and customer relationships, valuing synergy, valuing of private sector companies and family business besides dealing with business valuation standards in USA and India. Finally, the book concludes with a comprehensive coverage of accounting for the legal aspects of and integration in mergers and acquisitions. The text is profusely illustrated with examples, tables and case studies.

Intended as a text for PG students of management, this book would also be of immense value to students of chartered accountancy, cost accountancy and company secretaryship. In addition, it would appeal to a broad spectrum of professionals ranging from strategic planners, CFOs, CEOs, COOs, financial analysts, bankers, venture capitalists, to portfolio managers and entrepreneurs. Finally, the book would be treasured by anyone who is interested in Mergers and Acquisitions—an increasingly topical subject.

ISBN: 9788120339750
Published by: PHI Learning

Basics Of Atmospheric Science

A. CHANDRASEKAR, Ph.D., is Senior Professor and Head, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram. Earlier, he has been Professor of Physics and Meteorology and Head of Centre of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where he served for 21 years. Professor Chandrasekar has taught a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses during his long teaching and research career of nearly 22 years. He has to his credit about 40 peer reviewed journal publications. He is also a member of the Editorial Boards of the The Open Atmospheric Science Journal and Disaster Advances Journal, besides being a member of National Academy of Sciences, India and a life member of the Indian Meteorological Society and Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

His fields of specialization are atmospheric modelling, mesoscale modelling and data assimilation.

"Intended primarily as an introductory textbook for the postgraduate students of atmospheric sciences, geophysics, and meteorology, this book would also be extremely useful to all those engaged in meteorological research. The book, comprising fifteen chapters, provides a detailed treatment of various aspects of atmospheric phenomena and their underlying physical principles. It offers a study of both physical and dynamical aspects of the atmosphere. After discussing the fundamental processes such as origin of the atmosphere, atmospheric thermodynamics, atmospheric radiation and cloud and precipitation formation, the book focuses on equipping students with a thorough understanding of weather and climate. The book also deals with large-scale systems such as waves and synoptic disturbances in lower and mid-altitudes. Global energy balance, general circulation, numerical modelling and chaos in the atmosphere are all well covered in great detail.

The book also provides eighty-four worked-out problems and four FORTRAN programs to solve the non-divergent vorticity equation, the shallow water equation as well as the numerical solution of the forced damped pendulum and that of the Lorenz system. Execution of these computer programs will enable the students to understand concepts such as convergence, stability and issues of choosing the necessary step size in space and time, respectively."

ISBN: 9788120340220
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Simplified Lean Manufacture : Elements, Rules, Toolls And Implementation

N. GOPALAKRISHNAN is President of Projects India, Bangalore, a company specializing in training and implementing lean manufacture globally. He has trained over 3000 personnel in lean manufacturing and has helped set up 32 plants using the principles of lean manufacture.

This compact and concise text, based on the rich and vast experience of the author gathered while training thousands of individuals, discusses what lean manufacture is and its elements, rules and tools. It shows how any manufacturing industry, irrespective of its size and the kind of products it manufactures, can adapt to lean manufacturing. The book explains in easy to understand language that, with the help of lean manufacture, an organization can improve its delivery time to the customers, reduce the cost of manufacture, minimize inventory, and raise profitability.

The book introduces the concept of value and waste and details the symptoms which indicate the necessity for an organization to adapt to lean manufacturing. It also shows how seven types of wastes are identified globally and how they can be eliminated. In addition, the book examines the primary tools and the secondary tools of lean manufacture.

ISBN: 9788120339439
Published by: PHI Learning

Elements Of Civil Engineering

Bhargab Mohan Das, M.E., is a Senior Manager and Chairperson, RITTA Co. Ltd., Bangkok. Mr. Bhargab has conducted many construction surveys, while handling the projects of high rise buildings and flyovers in Bangkok, and an international airport in Doha.

Madan Mohan Das, PhD (University of Strathclyde, UK), was formerly a Professor, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Assam. An Emeritus Fellow of AICTE and Director of Technical Education, Government of Assam, Dr. Das has about four decades of teaching experience. He has published/presented more than 55 research papers in national and international journals and conferences. Dr.

Mimi Das Saikia, PhD (IIT Guwahati), is an Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Royal School of Engineering and Technology, Guwahati, Assam. She has been with the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar. With a decade of experience in teaching and research she has published many papers in different national and international journals. She is also the coauthor of books Irrigation and Water Power Engineering, Hydrology and Surveying (all published by PHI Learning).

ISBN: 9788120340978
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Virtual Instrumentation Using Labview

JOVITHA JEROME (D. Eng. from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok) is Professor and Head, Department of Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. She is also Professor In-charge of PSG-NI Virtual Instrumentation Centre of the Institute. In this capacity, she received the Best Graphical System Design Lab Award (2008) from National Instruments (NI), Bangalore. She has about three decades of teaching experience. Earlier, she taught at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore; Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore; and Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Bangkok. Dr. Jovitha Jerome has published several papers in international and national journals. She received the Women Engineer Award (2008) from the Tamil Nadu State Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Outstanding Engineer Award (2009) from the Coimbatore Local Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India).

ISBN: 9788120340305
Author: JOVITHA JEROME
Published by: PHI Learning

Embedded System Design

SANTANU CHATTOPADHYAY, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has more than 120 publications/presentations to his credit in reputed refereed international journals and conferences. He has also written books titled Compiler Design and System Software, both published by PHI Learning. A Chinese translation of his book Compiler Design has also been brought out by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia). He has also co-authored a book on Additive Cellular Automata published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, USA.

"Embedded system, as a subject, is an amalgamation of different domains, such as digital design, architecture, operating systems, interfaces, and algorithmic optimization techniques. This book acquaints the students with the alternatives and intricacies of embedded system design. It is designed as a textbook for the undergraduate students of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Communication Technology (ICT), as well as for the postgraduate students of Computer Applications (MCA).

While in the hardware platform the book explains the role of microcontrollers and introduces one of the most widely used embedded processor, ARM, it also deliberates on other alternatives, such as digital signal processors, field programmable devices, and integrated circuits. It provides a very good overview of the interfacing standards covering RS232C, RS422, RS485, USB, IrDA, Bluetooth, and CAN.

In the software domain, the book introduces the features of real-time operating systems for use in embedded applications. Various scheduling algorithms have been discussed with their merits and demerits. The existing real-time operating systems have been surveyed. Guided by cost and performance requirements, embedded applications are often implemented partly in hardware and partly in software. The book covers the different optimization techniques proposed in the literature to take a judicious decision about this partitioning of application tasks. Power-aware design of embedded systems has also been dealt with.

The book will also be of considerable benefit to the practitioners and advanced readers.

KEY FEATURES :

• Presents a considerably wide coverage of the field of embedded systems

• Discusses the ARM microcontroller in detail

• Provides numerous exercises to assess the learning process

• Offers a good discussion on hardware–software codesign"

ISBN: 9788120340244
Published by: PHI Learning

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Principles Of Radar

Mr. Paul J. Hannen has extensive experience in radar systems, electronic combat, survivability assessment, and modeling and simulation. He is presently a Systems Engineer with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Dayton, Ohio, and an Adjunct Professor with Wright State University. Previously, he worked as an electronics engineer with the USAF Avionics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Mr. Hannen received a BS (1979) and MS (1981) in Systems Engineering from Wright State University.

Major General John C. Toomay, systems engineering consultant, government and industry. He has more than 25 years experience in research and development and managed major radar programs in the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He has served on the Board of Directors of Texas Instruments and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and has lectured and written frequently on defense technology, systems, and policy.

"Radar is one of the major applications of electronics and electromagnetics. This book provides a solid understanding of radar fundamentals and applications, tying them to the laws of nature on one end and to the most modern and complex systems on the other.

Key Features :

Concise, self-contained chapters for easy comprehension of concepts.
A practical glossary to help readers look up and apply key radar terms.
97 figures, 6 tables, 253 equations, and 61 exercises.

New to this edition :

Every section of each chapter is revised.
Additions of equation numbers.
More numerical examples, table and figures showing many of the concepts numerically.
Exercises for almost all the
concepts.
This book essentially teaches “the way radars work” and will be useful not only to students of electrical engineering at the undergraduate level but also to students offering a course in radar at the postgraduate level."

ISBN: 9788120341159
Published by: PHI Learning

Fundamentals Of Financial Management

D. CHANDRA BOSE, PhD, is Principal, Sree Narayana College (University of Kerala), Chengannur, Kerala. He has more than three decades of academic experience. He has authored several books in the field of management and administration, including four books for PHI Learning. His research areas include marketing, public administration, and finance and accounting.

ISBN: 9788120340749
Published by: PHI Learning

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Sap Hr Om, Pd And Training : Technical Reference And Learning Guide

P. K. AGRAWAL is a Program Manager at Tata Technologies Limited, Pune. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and his Postgraduate diploma in Industrial Engineering from NITIE, Mumbai.

He has over 30 years of experience in several areas of Industrial Engineering and Information Technology. He has several publications to his credit includ-ing two papers each in International Journal of Production Research and European Journal of Operational Research. He has written the following books on SAP HR:

This book explains all the concepts underpinning the Organizational Management (OM), Personnel Development (PD) and Training and Event Management modules of SAP HR. It is a comprehensive technical manual which explains every single node of the User Menu and the Configuration. The book first gives an overview of a concept explaining what it is, how it is used and how it relates to the other concepts. It then explains its properties, which are fields in a configuration node.

This book is designed to be used both as a reference manual and a learning guide. As a learning guide, it offers four views, each for a different target audience.

It can be read from the Senior Management’s perspective to gain a broad understanding of the subject and what SAP can do for them.

Business Process Owners can achieve a higher level of understanding by getting to know more of SAP concepts and how to perform different tasks in SAP.

Users can acquire a thorough understanding of different tasks and concepts underlying them.

Functional consultants and proficient users can read the book to gain a complete understanding of the system.

As a technical reference, the book can be used to locate the relevant material through the Table of Contents, Index, ‘SAP Menu’ and ‘SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG)’. The last two follow the Table of Contents. If the reader is in SAP’s User Menu or Configuration, the chapter number for these nodes can be found in ‘SAP Menu’ and ‘IMG’. If a node is not covered in the book, the reason for not doing so is mentioned.

The implementation of SAP HR OM, PD and Training can also be guided by the structure of this book.

ISBN: 9788120339842
Published by: PHI Learning

C++ : How To Program

HARVEY DEITEL Deitel & Associates, Inc.
PAUL DEITEL, Deitel & Associates, Inc.

"This best-selling text provides complete and authoritative introduction to C++, object-oriented programming (OOP) and object-oriented design (OOD) with UML2. The text is suitable for introduction to programming and other courses covering programming in C++.

This new edition includes :

Several major case studies: GradeBook, Time and Employee classes, and the optional OOD/UML ATM case study.

Rich coverage of fundamentals, including two chapters on control statements.

A clear, example-driven presentation of object-oriented programming.

New “Making a Difference” exercises set.

Introduction to the Boost C++ Libraries and the future of C++.

Key new language features coming in the next C++ standard.

“Finally, an accurate and complete C++ book that everybody can understand. It will help you achieve a solid knowledge of C++ and of software engineering in general. A ‘must-have.”

ISBN: 9788120340367
Published by: PHI Learning

Quantitative Models In Operations And Supply Chain Management

G. SRINIVASAN (Ph.D.) is Professor of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained his doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Management from IIT Madras in the year 1990. He has about twenty years of teaching and research experience in the areas of operations management and operations research. Professor Srinivasan has contributed several research papers in reputed journals. He is also the author of Operations Research: Principles and Applications, published by PHI Learning.

His areas of interest include operations research, operations and supply chain management and manufacturing systems management.

Designed as a textbook for the students of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, the book presents a comprehensive view of the concepts and applications of various quantitative models used in the study of operations and supply chain management. It provides a complete account of location and layout models, production planning models, production control models, cycle inventory models, safety stock models and transportation models. A separate chapter on real-life situations provides the user with the knowledge of specific areas where the models have been applied in decision-making processes. The various techniques to solve operations and supply chain management problems are also discussed.

The text is supported by a large number of illustrative examples, exercises and review questions to reinforce the students’ understanding of the subject matter.

Besides students of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, the book would also be useful to postgraduate students of Management.

ISBN: 9788120339811
Published by: PHI Learning

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The Internet : A User`s Guide

K.L. JAMES, is Technical Officer, Computer Centre, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. With over two decades of experience in teaching and research, he has designed and implemented several software projects at different levels. The author has many computer books to his credit. He has also published several technology articles in leading journals.

In this new era, the Internet has changed the ways of doing business activities, learning methods, teaching strategy, communication styles and social networking. This book attempts to answer and solve all the mysteries entangled with the Web world.

Now in its second edition, the book discusses all the updated topics related to the Internet. Beginning with an overview of the Internet, the book sails through the evolution and growth of the Internet, its working, hardware and software requirements, protocols used, e-mail techniques, various Internet security threats and the methods of using and configuring different security solutions, file transfer methods and several other Internet services with all the details illustrated through live screenshots.

Presented in a simple yet engaging style and cogent language, this book will be useful for any course introducing students to the Internet or where the Internet is a part of the curriculum. It will also immensely benefit all those who are interested in developing the necessary skills to use the Internet.

WHAT IS NEW TO THIS EDITION :

Chapters on Internet Telephony and Web Conferencing, Blogs and Social Networking

Inclusion of topics such as Web 2.0, Web 3.0 technologies, IPv6, VoIP, Wikis, SMS and Blogs

Detailed features of the newest Internet tools and software applications including open-source, free and cross-platform types

Comprehensive and updated Internet dictionary acquainting with the Web world terminologies

ISBN: 9788120340299
Published by: PHI Learning

Public Policy : Art And Craft Of Policy Analysis

R. K. SAPRU (Ph.D., Public Administration, M.A. Political Science and M.A. English), formerly Professor and Head, Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh, has over 30 years of teaching experience. A life member of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) and the Indian Society of Health Administration, Professor Sapru has contributed over 50 articles in national and international journals such as Indian Journal of Political Science, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Administrative Science Review, The Thai Journal of Development Administration, and Management in Government. He has to his credit several books on Development Administration, Theories of Administration, Public Policy, and Indian Administration.

The subject of Public Policy has assumed considerable importance in response to the increasing complexity of economic downturns, social upheavals, political crises, institutional weaknesses and technology. It is concerned not only with the description but also with the developing scientific knowledge about the forces shaping public policy.

The study of public policy helps understand the ills prevailing in society. The prospect of deep global and national crises has focused attention on the need for the adoption of sound policies as a potential tool for alleviating poverty and improving the quality of life for all sections of society.

This textbook gives an in-depth analysis of the various approaches for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation. It addresses issues in policy analysis and explains the forces that influence the functioning of executive, legislature, judiciary, civil society and administration.

The book is an excellent review and analysis of the public policy literature. It is an outcome of long teaching and research experience of the author at the Panjab University.

The book is primarily intended for postgraduate students for their courses on Public Policy and Policy Analysis, besides meeting the requirements of candidates offering public administration subject for the civil services examination. It will be equally useful for policymakers, planners and bureaucrats concerned with policy management.

ISBN: 9788120339804
Published by: PHI Learning

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Identifying And Managing Project Risk : Essential Tools For Failure-Proofing Your Project

This essential resource provides clear-cut methods to implement at any organization and for any size or type of project. It moves beyond risk management basics involving insurance, financial, and investment portfolio risk to examine areas like information technology, software engineering, product development, and other high tech fields, giving readers a well-rounded understanding of what goes into making project risk identification a crucial element of project management strategy.

Featuring all new material on topics including the growing area of Enterprise Risk Management and more, the book provides everything readers need to manage risk, helping to make the so-called “impossible project” a thing of the past.

“Solid research . . . nailed key concepts regarding the identification and management of project risk . . . concise and entertaining. Kendrick provides the reader with the tools and techniques necessary for successful project management.”

ISBN: 9788120340596
Author: Kendrick, Tom
Published by: PHI Learning