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Advances in Science and Technology in the era of globalization, warrant a need to develop new synergies among the techniques used in various disciplines of Mathematical Sciences. The present book highlights developments in varied themes of Information Theory, Coding Theory, Ecology, Reliability, Marketing, Inventory, Queueing Theory, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Neural Networks, Statistical Techniques and Optimization Theory by distinguished researchers. It aims at addressing the key issues pertaining to these topics and will be helpful to Information Theoreticians, Software Engineers, Biologists, Statisticians and Operational Researchers. The book presents new findings which will add to the knowledge of the scientific community for furtherance of research.

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Prof. Om Parkash, recipient of the Award of Excellence by ISITA, is on editorial boards of several journals. With 27 years of experience in Mathematics at Guru Nanak Dev University, India, he has published 65 research papers,edited two books, supervised about 10 Ph.D.scholars, completed research projects, organized conferences and chaired sessions.

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