This paper describes experience with application of operations research techniques in planning infrastructure for the Dharampur taluka in Gujarat. The work done covers four principal areas: 1. Design of a road network 2. Location of service centres 3. Development of an inter-active computer...

In Virtually any king of modern state, there is a huge role for the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is intended to be a rational system of administration. But it is prone to many bureaupathologies, and increasing size tends to aggravate these bureaupathologies. Since the state in the 20th century...

In this paper we define an arbitration game in the context of a Bayesian Collective Choice Problem and derive an approximate equilibrium for such games under conditions of ‘bounded rationality’.

In this paper we establish an isomorphism between the set of correlated equilibria of a game on the one hand and the set of ordered pairs of coordination mechanisms and equilibrium decision rules for the same game on the other, in the case of bounded and unbounded rationality. The paper develops...

Gujarat has attracted more foreign direct investment (FDI) than what its GDP size alone would suggest. But relative to its peer states (especially Tamilnadu, Delhi, Maharashtra and Karnataka, and possibly Andhra Pradesh) it has fallen short significantly. The above findings which we made in an...

In this paper a mathematical model has been developed in which the interaction of Economic Order Quantities with marketing policies have been considered. The model assumes the demand as a function of the four marketing variables viz., selling price, advertising effort, distribution effort and...

Indirect taxes are the mainstay of India’s tax system. The central excise duty, leviable on the production or manufacture of goods ranging from aerated waters to zip fasteners, is the single most important source of revenue, accounting for about one-third of consolidated (the Central, State...

Marine fisheries will have to play a crucial role in augmenting supplies both in the domestic as well as export markets. Thrust of the development will be deep sea and brackish water resources. The exploitation of these resources, particularly deep sea, will require a rapid transition from...

This paper discusses the organizational and economic issues related to the Joint Forest Management programme in India with respect to Soliya Village in Gujarat. Using the private-benefit cost analysis (PBCA), the case study suggests that it is financially feasible and bankable scheme but needs...

Let Dn be the set of all doubly stochastic square matrices of order n i.e. the set of all n x n matrices with non-negative entries with row and column sums equal to unity. The permanent of an n x n matrix A = (aij) is defined where sn is the symmetric group of order n. van der Waerdon...