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Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms: Objective Reduction, Decomposition And Multi-Modality., Monalisa Pal Dr.
Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms: Objective Reduction, Decomposition And Multi-Modality., Monalisa Pal Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) for Many-Objective Optimization (MaOO) problems are challenging in nature due to the requirement of large population size, difficulty in maintaining the selection pressure towards global optima and inability of accurate visualization of high-dimensional Pareto-optimal Set (in decision space) and Pareto-Front (in objective space). The quality of the estimated set of Pareto-optimal solutions, resulting from the EAs for MaOO problems, is assessed in terms of proximity to the true surface (convergence) and uniformity and coverage of the estimated set over the true surface (diversity). With more number of objectives, the challenges become more profound. Thus, better strategies have …
On The Inertia Conjecture And Its Generalizations., Soumyadip Das Dr.
On The Inertia Conjecture And Its Generalizations., Soumyadip Das Dr.
Doctoral Theses
This thesis concerns problems related to the ramification behaviour of the branched Galois covers of smooth projective connected curves defined over an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic. Our first main problem is the Inertia Conjecture proposed by Abhyankar in 2001. We will show several new evidence for this conjecture. We also formulate a certain generalization of it which is our second problem, and we provide evidence for it. We give a brief overview of these problems in this introduction and reserve the details for Chapter 4.Let k be an algebraically closed field, and U be a smooth connected affine …
Commuting Isometries And Invariant Subspaces In Several Variables., Sankar T. R. Dr.
Commuting Isometries And Invariant Subspaces In Several Variables., Sankar T. R. Dr.
Doctoral Theses
A very general and fundamental problem in the theory of bounded linear operators on Hilbert spaces is to find invariants and representations of commuting families of isometries.In the case of single isometries this question has a complete and explicit answer: If V is an isometry on a Hilbert space â„‹, then there exists a Hilbert space Hu and a unitary operator U on â„‹u such that V on â„‹u and[ S ⊗ IW 0 0 U] ∈ B((l 2 (ℤ+) ⊗ W) ⊕ â„‹u),are unitarily equivalent, whereW = ker V∗ ,is the wandering subspace for V and S is the …
Quantum Symmetries In Noncommutative Geometry., Suvrajit Bhattacharjee Dr.
Quantum Symmetries In Noncommutative Geometry., Suvrajit Bhattacharjee Dr.
Doctoral Theses
No abstract provided.
Gender Difference In Indian Consumption Expenditure., Mannu Dwivedi Dr.
Gender Difference In Indian Consumption Expenditure., Mannu Dwivedi Dr.
Doctoral Theses
The goal of any development policy is to increase the living standard of the people in the society. In any developing country, the efficiency of such policy depends on how families reallocate the resources among themselves. If the distribution is even within the family then only it can be said that the policy was fruitful. Therefore, a family is an important part of any policy and the allocation within the family should be just. But, the distribution of the resources among the family members are not always equal. Inequality always exists! Discrimination against girls or women persists in approximately all …
Essays On Inequality, Polarization And Contests., Bhargav Bhattacharya Dr.
Essays On Inequality, Polarization And Contests., Bhargav Bhattacharya Dr.
Doctoral Theses
No abstract provided.
Complete And Partial Ordering Approaches In The Context Of Poverty Ordering And On The Impacts Of Growth And Inequality On Poverty., Sandip Sarkar Dr.
Complete And Partial Ordering Approaches In The Context Of Poverty Ordering And On The Impacts Of Growth And Inequality On Poverty., Sandip Sarkar Dr.
Doctoral Theses
No abstract provided.
Some Conjugacy Problems In Algebraic Groups., Anirban Bose Dr.
Some Conjugacy Problems In Algebraic Groups., Anirban Bose Dr.
Doctoral Theses
In this thesis we address two problems related to the study of algebraic groups and Lie groups. The first one deals with computation of an invariant called the genus number of a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field and that of a compact connected Lie group. The second problem is about characterisation of real elements in exceptional groups of type F4 defined over an arbitrary field. Let G be a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field or a compact connected Lie group. Let ZG(x) denote the centralizer of x ∈ G. Define the genus …
Geometric Invariants For A Class Of Semi-Fredholm Hilbert Modules., Shibananda Biswas Dr.
Geometric Invariants For A Class Of Semi-Fredholm Hilbert Modules., Shibananda Biswas Dr.
Doctoral Theses
One of the basic problem in the study of a Hilbert module H over the ring of polynomials C[z] := C[z1, . . . , zm] is to find unitary invariants (cf. [15,7]) for H. It is not always possible to find invariants that are complete and yet easy to compute. There are very few instances where a set of complete invariants have been identified. Examples are Hilbert modules over continuous functions (spectral theory of normal operator), contractive modules over the disc algebra (model theory for contractive operator) and Hilbert modules in the class Bn for a bounded domain C …
Selected Aspects Of Performance Of Indian Industries: An Empirical Investigation., Anup Kumar Bhandari Dr.
Selected Aspects Of Performance Of Indian Industries: An Empirical Investigation., Anup Kumar Bhandari Dr.
Doctoral Theses
At the time of India’s independence the need of the hour was to develop the economy at a fast pace so as to achieve a reasonable standard of living for the masses within a short period of time. India’s first Industrial Policy Resolution was adopted in 1948 which put emphasis on the expansion of production of both agricultural and industrial goods to satisfy the basic needs of the masses, a large proportion of whom lived well below a subsistence level of living. Hence, emphasis was given on agricultural expansion in the First Five Year Plan and on building up the …
Intersection Numbers, Embedded Spheres And Geosphere Laminations For Free Groups., Suhas Pandit Dr.
Intersection Numbers, Embedded Spheres And Geosphere Laminations For Free Groups., Suhas Pandit Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Topological and geometric methods have played a major role in the study of infinite groups since the time of Poincar´e and Klein, with the work of Nielsen, Dehn, Stallings and Gromov showing particularly deep connections with the topology of surfaces and three-manifolds. This is in part because a surface or a 3-manifold is essentially determined by its fundamental group, and has a geometric structure due to the Poincar´e-K¨obe-Klein uniformisation theorem for surfaces and Thurston’s geometrisation conjecture, which is now a theorem of Perelman, for 3-manifolds.A particularly fruitful instance of such an interplay is the relation between intersection numbers of simple …
Normal Surfaces And Heegaard Splittings Of 3-Manifolds., Tejas Kalelkar Dr.
Normal Surfaces And Heegaard Splittings Of 3-Manifolds., Tejas Kalelkar Dr.
Doctoral Theses
This thesis deals with various questions regarding normal surfaces and Heegaard splittings of 3-manifolds.Chapter 1The first chapter is divided into two parts. In the first, we give an outline of normal surface theory and mention some of its important applications. The second part gives an overview of the theory of Heegaard splitting surfaces and a few of its applications. None of the material covered in this chapter is original and it is meant solely as an exposition of known results.Chapter 2In this chapter, we give a lower bound on the Euler characteristic of a normal surface, a topological invariant, in …
Isomorphism Of Schwartz Spaces Under Fourier Transform., Joydip Jana Dr.
Isomorphism Of Schwartz Spaces Under Fourier Transform., Joydip Jana Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Classical Fourier analysis derives much of its power from the fact that there are three function spaces whose images under the Fourier transform can be exactly determined. They are the Schwartz space, the L2 space and the space of all C ∞ functions of compact support. The determination of the image is obtained from the definition in the case of Schwartz space, through the Plancherel theorem for the L 2space and through the Paley-Wiener theorem for the other space.In harmonic analysis of semisimple Lie groups, function spaces on various restricted set-ups are of interest. Among the multitude of these spaces …
Homogeneous Operators In The Cowen-Douglas Class., Subrata Shyam Roy Dr.
Homogeneous Operators In The Cowen-Douglas Class., Subrata Shyam Roy Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Although, we have used techniques developed in the paper of Cowen-Douglas [18, 20], a systematic account of Hilbert space operators using a variety of tools from several different areas of mathematics is given in the book [26]. This book provides, what the authors call, a sheaf model for a large class of commuting Hilbert space operators. It is likely that these ideas will play a significant role in the future development of the topics discussed here.
Spectral Analysis And Synthesis For Radial Sections Of Homogenous Vector Bundles On Certain Noncompath Riemannian Symmetric Spaces., Sanjoy Pusti Dr.
Spectral Analysis And Synthesis For Radial Sections Of Homogenous Vector Bundles On Certain Noncompath Riemannian Symmetric Spaces., Sanjoy Pusti Dr.
Doctoral Theses
We consider two classical theorems of real analysis which deals with translation invariant subspaces of integrable and smooth functions on R respectively. The first one is a theorem of Norbert Wiener [63] which states that if the Fourier transform of a function f ∈ L 1 (R) has no real zeros then the finite linear combinations of translations f(x − a) of f with complex coefficients form a dense subspace in L 1 (R), equivalently, span{g ∗ f | g ∈ L 1 (R)} is dense in L 1 (R). This theorem is well known as the Wiener-Tauberian Theorem (WTT). …
Some Geometrical Aspects Of The Cone Linear Complementarity Problem., Madhur Malik Dr.
Some Geometrical Aspects Of The Cone Linear Complementarity Problem., Madhur Malik Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Cone Linear Complementarity ProblemLet V be a finite dimensional real inner product space and K be a closed convex cone in V. Given a linear transformation L : V → V and a vector q ∈ V the cone linear complementarity problem or linear complementarity problem over K, denoted as LCP(K, L, q), is to find a vector x ∈ K such thatL(x) + q ∈ K+ and hx, L(x) + qi = 0,where h., .i denotes an inner product on V and K is the dual cone of K defined as:K∗ := {y ∈ V : hx, yi ≥ …
On Textured Image Analysis Using Wavelets., Mausumi Acharyya Dr.
On Textured Image Analysis Using Wavelets., Mausumi Acharyya Dr.
Doctoral Theses
In image processing and computer vision research, we aim to derive better tools that give us different perspectives on the same image, allowing us to understand not only its content, but also its meaning and significance. Image processing can not compete with the human eye in terms of accuracy but it can outperform the latter easily on observational consistency, and ability to carry out detailed mathematical estimations. With time, image processing research has broadened from the basic pixel-based low- level operations to high-level analysis, that now includes the use of artificially intelligent techniques for image interpretation and understanding. These new …
Some Contribution To Reliability Analysis Of A Consecutive-K-Out-Of N: F System., Mohammad Khanjari Sadegh Dr.
Some Contribution To Reliability Analysis Of A Consecutive-K-Out-Of N: F System., Mohammad Khanjari Sadegh Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Present day technology has been characterized by development of complex systems or equipments containing a large number of subaystems and com- ponents. Reliability, as a buman attribute, has been praised for a very long time. For technical systems, however, the reliability concept has not been applied for more than about 50 years. Reliability is the concern of all scien- tists and engineers engaged in developing a system, from design, through the manufacturing, to its ultimate use. Reliability technology has a potentially wide range of application areas like safety or risk analysis, environmental protection, quality, optimization, maintenance, engineering design, etc.For a …
Wiener Tauberian Theorems On Semisimple Lie Group., Rudra Pada Sarkar Dr.
Wiener Tauberian Theorems On Semisimple Lie Group., Rudra Pada Sarkar Dr.
Doctoral Theses
In their celebrated study of Harmonic analysis on semi-simple Lie groups Ehrenpreis and Mautner [E-M] noticed that the analogue of the claasical Wiener Tauberian theorem resting on the unitary dual does not hold for semisimple Lle groups. A simple proof of this fact due to M. Duflo appears in (H). Ehrenpreis and Mautner went on in (E-M] to formulate the problem on the commutative Banach algebra of the SO2(R)-biinvariant functions in L1(SL2(R))1, and obtained two different versions of the theorem involving, this time, the dual of the Banach algebra which includes, beside the unitary dual of G, a part of …
Fourier Transforms Of Very Rapidly Decreasing Functions On Certain Lie Groups., M. Sundari Dr.
Fourier Transforms Of Very Rapidly Decreasing Functions On Certain Lie Groups., M. Sundari Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Recall that for a function f ϵ L1(Rn ), its Fourier transform fÌ‚ is definedby: fÌ‚ (ƹ) = ʃ Rnf(x)ei(ƹ,x)dx ( 0.1.1)where (.,.) denotes the standard inner product on Rn and dr the Lebesgue measure on Rn. A celebrated theorem of L. Schwartz asserts that a function f on Rn is rapidly decreasing (or in the Schwartz class ) if and only if its Fourier transform is rapidly decreasing . In sharp contrast to Schwartz s theorem, is a result due to Hardy ([18) which says that ʃ and fÌ‚ cannot both be very rapidly decreasing . More precisely, if …
On Some Problems Related To Hermite And Laguerre Expansions., P. K. Ratnakumar Dr.
On Some Problems Related To Hermite And Laguerre Expansions., P. K. Ratnakumar Dr.
Doctoral Theses
The first three chapters of this thesis are concerned with the spherical means associated to the Hermite and Laguerre expansions. The study of spherical means has a very long history. The classic work of F. John deals with various applications of the spherical means to the theory of partial differential equations. They entered Fourier analysis with the celebrated theorem of E. Stein on spherical analogue of the Lebesgue differentiation theorem. Ever since they have appcared again and again in several areas of analysis like integral geometry, inversion of Fourier transforms and related arcas.
Multivalued Approach For Uncertainty Management., Deba Prasad Mandal Dr.
Multivalued Approach For Uncertainty Management., Deba Prasad Mandal Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Real life problems are rarely free from uncertainty which usually emerges from the deficiencies of information available from a situation. The defi- ciencies may result from incomplete, imprecise, not fully reliable, vague or contradictory information depending on the problem. Management of uncer- tainty in a decision making system has been an important research problem for many years.Until the inception of the concept of fuzzy set theory in 1965 (1), the theory of probability and statistics was the primary mathematical tool for modeling uncertainty in a system/situation. Fuzzy set theory has shown enormous proinise in handling uncertaintics to a reasonable extent …
Some Limit Theorem On Conditional U-Statistics And Censored Data Non Parametric Regression., Arusharka Sen Dr.
Some Limit Theorem On Conditional U-Statistics And Censored Data Non Parametric Regression., Arusharka Sen Dr.
Doctoral Theses
In Statistics, a classical problem is that of estimating the regression function which is defined as m{t) := E(Y|X = ), te R, for two random variables X and Y such that EY < 0o. The estimators are constructed iased on a sample {(Xi, Yi.)}, 1sis n,n 2 1, from the distribution of (X, Y). Throughout this thesis, we assume X and Y to be real-valued for the sake of convenience. The classical approach to this problem is to assume a parametrized, polynomial form for nt-), i.e., m(t) := Bo + E-1 P,ti, p 21, and obtain estimates of the unknown paraineters Bo, Bj,, 1sjsp. Later, with the development of techıniques for non-parametrie density estimation, it was sought to extend these techniques to regression estimation. Heuristically, the two problems can be seen to be related as follows : let fi(-) be the marginal density of X and note that E1(X S x) = h(t)dt, z € R, whereas EY 1(X Sx) = m(t)fi(t)dt, x E MR. (1.0.2) In other wordds, (1.0.1) can be looked upon as a special case of (1.0.2), with Y = 1. + similarity, as we shall see later on, has been the underlying theme in Chapters 2 and 4 of the present work.) The following non-parametric regression estimator was proposed independently by Nadaraya (1964) and Watson (1964): "(): := m.(Y,)/m.(1, ), te R, (1.0.3) where m,(Y, t) = (nan)- E-, Y;K((t - X:)/an). (1.0.4) m,(1,1) (na,)-E, K((I - X)/a,). Here K(), the so-called kernel function, is chosen to satiafy various analytical conditions (typically, K(-) is taken to be a density function), and a, 1 0 are the bandwidths which go to zero sufficiently slowly (e.g., na,0o as n00) in order to ensure consistency of the estimator mW (). The intuition behind such an estimator is that m,(Y,) is an estimator of mt-)fi() while m,(1,) cstimates the density fa(-). See Prakasa Rao (1983), Chapters 1-4. for an introduction to non-parametric density and regression estimation. Now, m(t) is a functional of the conditional distribution of Y, given X = t. A natu- ral generalisation of the regression estimation problem seems to be the estimation of the following functionals: mh(t1,....tk) := E{h(Y1,.....Yk) | X1, = t1.,Xk. = tk), (t....) € R*, k 2 1, (1.0.5) where h: R*- R is such that Elh(Y...., Y) < 0. A similar generalisation led Hoelfding (1948) from the sample mcan to the theory of so-called U-statistics, in the uncondilional set-up. The estimation of (1.0.5) were considerexl, for the first time in published form, in Stute (1991) where the following conditional U-statistics were proposed as estimators;where Fn(-) := n-1E, 1(Xi; < ) denotes the empirical distribution function (c.d.f Bochynek discussed the asymptotic normality of conditional U- and V-statistics and pei formed simulation studies on them. Stute (1991) established weak and strong pointwis consistency and asymptotic normality of U(t). Liero (1991) studied uniform strong con sistency of conditional U-statistics and established asymptotic normality of the integrate squared error (ISE) statistic:for suitable A c R* and weight function w(-). We quote the following examples to illustrate the possible use of conditional U-statistics See Stute (1991) and Bochynek (1987) for other examples. Throughout this thesis, our set up will be as foliows: {(Xn, Yn)}n>ı is a bi-variate i.i.d sequence, with (X1, Y1) having join density f(,-) and X, having marginal density fi(-). Consequently,
Discrete Singularity Method And Its Application To Incompressible Flows., S K. Venkatesan Dr.
Discrete Singularity Method And Its Application To Incompressible Flows., S K. Venkatesan Dr.
Doctoral Theses
The smooth flow of a fluid has sprung many surprises. A flow which at an instant of time is quite regular and orderly could produce on the slightest of disturbance a complex bewildering varieties of flows, broadly termed as turbulence. Direct numerical simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations have shown that it is quite possible that these turbulent flows are solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. In fact it is by now well recognized that many non-linear systems produce chaos quite similar to turbulence. However the large number of scales and their complex interactions involved make turbulence difficult to understand. Direct numerical …
Parametric Homotopy Principle Of Some Practical Differential Relations., Mahuya Datta Dr.
Parametric Homotopy Principle Of Some Practical Differential Relations., Mahuya Datta Dr.
Doctoral Theses
A system uf r-th order partial differential inequalities is a subspace in the space of r-jets of CT" maps between manifolds. The problem of homotopy classification of C solutions of such systems is stauliel in this thesis. The text roughly divides into two parts. In the first part, the problem is considered in an equivariant setting when the system is open and invariant under the action of a compact L.ie group, but may not be invariant under the action of the pseudogroup of equivariant local diffeomorphisms. The second part concerns a non-equivariant set-up without the openness condition on the systern. …
Curvatures Of Left Invariant Metrics On Lie Group And Parametric Homotopy Principles For A Class Of Partial Differential Relations On Closed Manifolds., Amitabh Tiwari Dr.
Curvatures Of Left Invariant Metrics On Lie Group And Parametric Homotopy Principles For A Class Of Partial Differential Relations On Closed Manifolds., Amitabh Tiwari Dr.
Doctoral Theses
The title of this thesis refers to two problems of different nature having no connection between them. These problems ere presented in two parts. In Pert I we have settled two conjectures of Milnor, on Lie groups with left-invariant metrics, in the affirmative and in Part II we have obtained a now Smale - Hirsch - Gromov - type theorem on the homotopy classification of a close of portial differential relations on closed manifolds. More detailed introduotions to these parts are given at the beginning of each part, It has bean our attempt to make the presentations as self-contained as …
Studies On Level Of Living And Poverty In Rural India., Padmaja Pal Dr.
Studies On Level Of Living And Poverty In Rural India., Padmaja Pal Dr.
Doctoral Theses
The present dissertation consists of several studies on disparities in level of living and poverty in rural India. These studies are based on a special tabulation of disaggregated household budget data, from the Central Sample of the Indian National Sample Survey (NSS) 28th round (october 1973- June 1974). This was based on a copy of the updated Honey- well tape provided by the authorities of the NSS Organisation, Government of India. Two of the main aims of this dissertation are to study disparities in level of living and incidence of poverty across (1) Social groups, such as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled …
A Quantitative Analysis Of Poverty, Inequality And Consumer Behaviour: The Case Of The Schedule Casts And Tribes Of Karnataka., Shailaja Raghuprasad Dr.
A Quantitative Analysis Of Poverty, Inequality And Consumer Behaviour: The Case Of The Schedule Casts And Tribes Of Karnataka., Shailaja Raghuprasad Dr.
Doctoral Theses
The concept of growth with social justice is basic to the philosophy of development underlying Indian economic Planning. This philosophy is reflected in our former Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi's foreword to the sixth Plan (1980-85) document where she wrote, Economic Growth must be balanced, it must ensure self - reliance, stability and social justice. All sections should be assured that there will be no discrimination'.It is with those weaker sections - rather a segment of them that this study is concerned, Our study is an attempt to look closely at the levels of living and the consumer behaviour of …
Studies In Set Theoretic Hierarchies:From Borel Sets To R-Sets., Rana Barua Dr.
Studies In Set Theoretic Hierarchies:From Borel Sets To R-Sets., Rana Barua Dr.
Doctoral Theses
The present thesis consists of three parts.Part I of the thesis is devoted to the study of regularity propertion of classes of sets obtained from 8-8 operations applied to the class of clopen set s. In particular, the classes of set s obtained by applying the hierarchy of increasingly complex R-operations {Rp,), are investing at ed. Our points of departure in this study are the recent works on R- sets by Hi nm an and Burgess. In this thesis we have unified the methods of Hinman and Burgess by extensively u sing the game quantifier and methods of inductive definability. …
Problems Of Distribution In India's Development: An Empirical Analysis., M. Suryanarayana Dr.
Problems Of Distribution In India's Development: An Empirical Analysis., M. Suryanarayana Dr.
Doctoral Theses
No abstract provided.