This paper is a preliminary exploration to develop a methodology for assessing the technological capabilities and needs of the telecommunications sector in India. It makes a case for strategic policy interventions to build adequate domestic capabilities in this crucial sector with significant...

In this paper we discuss a simple fully Bayesian analysis of the change point problem for the directional data in the parametric framework with circular normal distribution as the underlying distribution. We discuss the problem of detecting change in the mean direction of the circular normal...

All the models of information integration predict that the greater the reliability of an information, the greater its effectiveness. However, they disagree with the relationship between reliability of information of one type and effectiveness of information of another type. The multiplying model...

This paper develops expressions for the exact number of solutions to the well known Knapsack problem. These formulae are compared with the bounds given by other researchers in this problem. A computer programme has also been developed to find the number of solutions.

The generalized minimum spanning tree problem is a generalization of the minimum spanning tree problem. This network design problems finds several practical applications, especially when one considers the design of a large-capacity backbone network connecting several individual networks. In...

In the light of various findings relating to future energy scene in India, the development of new and renewable energy sources have been given substantial emphasis in the Sixth Plan. Some evidence from field level experience of a few of these technologies has become available through micro...

Animal health policy in South Asia region has been characterized predominantly by direct action by the government either in providing services to livestock farmers or in undertaking livestock productivity enhancing measures. It is a widely held view among policy makers that given the poverty...

The statistical analysis of import of pesticides in terms of quantity revealed a slow growth rate. However, the growth rates of their value were high due to increased per unit cost of the imported quantity. The imported insecticides had higher growth rates than total pesticides imported,...

Jatropha curcas L. is a non-edible oil seeds which grows widely in some areas in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where it is also grow as live fence on the boundaries of fields. Being hardy in nature it can survive in harsh soil and climatic conditions and is a suitable species for...

Corporate strategy has become a major area of research especially in recent years. Strategy research has off-late shifted from the industrial organization paradigm of the 80s to the resources based view with the core competence arguments at the centre. Environmental turbulence has also resulted...