Author: Biplab Dasgupta
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Keywords: experience, adjustment, india, globalization
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2005-08-01
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0761933069
ISBN-13: 9780761933069

In this comprehensive appraisal of Indian economic reforms, the author recounts how reforms were initiated and how they unfolded in stages since 1991. He analyzes all the components of the structural adjustment programme including in the agrarian, industrial, banking, public sector, fiscal reforms, trade, environmental and labour sectors. In keeping with his ideological and political convictions, the author questions the benefits of the reforms and argues that an uncritical acceptance of IMF//World Bank//WTO// conditions has not served to benefit the majority of Indian society.

Authors:Samir Dasgupta, Ray Kiely,
Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
Keywords: globalization
Number of Pages: 460
Published: 2006-09-07
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0761935061
ISBN-13: 9780761935063

Globalization has far-reaching consequences for the world community. Particularly so as significant sections of this very community are being increasingly marginalized. While accepting that globalization is here to stay, the distinguished contributors to this volume voice skepticism about the claims of its supposed benefits. Instead, they believe that in its present form globalization is essentially unequal and biased, besides being environmentally destructive. Analyzing the issues from a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives, the contributors address a number of importa

Authors:Ismail Serageldin, Partha Dasgupta,
Publisher: World Bank Publicatio
Keywords: perspective, multifaceted, capital, social
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0821350048
ISBN-13: 9780821350041

In this collection of essays, contributors debate the definition of social capital?-broadly understood as the effect social networks and shared attitudes can have on economic performance?and ask how the concept can be applied to development policy and analysis. How do social capital theories help broaden our thinking about development--and how does this hard-to-quantify concept make analyzing development efforts more difficult? What impact do informal social networks have on the state and other formal organizations? What role does trust play within large organizations? These are some of the qu

Authors:Indrajit Chowdhury, Shambhu P. Dasgupta,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: approach, fundamentals, unified, foundation, structure, dynamics
Number of Pages: 882
Published: 2008-12-17
List price: $239.95
ISBN-10: 0415471451
ISBN-13: 9780415471459

Designed to provide engineers with quick access to current and practical information on the dynamics of structure and foundation, this 2-volume reference work is intended for engineers involved with earthquake or dynamic analysis, or the design of machine foundations in the oil, gas, and energy sector. Volume 1 deals with theories and formulations, covering the full range of topics involved with dynamics of structure and foundation. It specifically focuses on a unified approach in dealing with dynamic soil-structure interaction and geotechnical considerations for dynamic soil-structure inte

Authors:Peter Hagedorn, Anirvan DasGupta,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: systems, mechanical, continuous, waves, vibrations
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2007-11-09
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0470517387
ISBN-13: 9780470517383

The subject of vibrations is of fundamental importance in engineering and technology. Discrete modelling is sufficient to understand the dynamics of many vibrating systems; however a large number of vibration phenomena are far more easily understood when modelled as continuous systems. The theory of vibrations in continuous systems is crucial to the understanding of engineering problems in areas as diverse as automotive brakes, overhead transmission lines, liquid filled tanks, ultrasonic testing or room acoustics. Starting from an elementary level, Vibrations and Waves in Continuous

Authors:Dipankar Dasgupta, Zbigniew Michalewicz,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: applications, engineering, algorithms, evolutionary
Number of Pages: 554
Published: 2001-02-28
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3540620214
ISBN-13: 9783540620211

Evolutionary algorithms are general-purpose search procedures based on the mechanisms of natural selection and population genetics. They are appealing because they are simple, easy to interface, and easy to extend. This volume is concerned with applications of evolutionary algorithms and associated strategies in engineering. It will be useful for engineers, designers, developers, and researchers in any scientific discipline interested in the applications of evolutionary algorithms. The volume consists of five parts, each with four or five chapters. The topics are chosen to emphasize applicatio

Authors:Dipankar Dasgupta, Fernando Nino,
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Keywords: applications, theory, computation, immunological
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2008-09-12
List price: $125.95
ISBN-10: 1420065459
ISBN-13: 9781420065459

Clearly, nature has been very effective in creating organisms that are capable of protecting themselves against a wide variety of pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, and parasites. The powerful information-processing capabilities of the immune system, such as feature extraction, pattern recognition, learning, memory, and its distributive nature provide rich metaphors that researchers are finding very useful for the development of computational models. While some of these models are designed to give us a better understanding of the immune system, other models are being developed to solve complex