Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Bandyopadhyay, Tathagata"
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Algorithms for evaluation and design of reliable networks
Sharma, Megha (2010)A reliable network is a network in which network elements, i.e., arcs and/or nodes, are functional only with a pre-specified probability. Such networks are used to model real-life networks such as telecommunication networks ... -
Consumer evaluation and choice of product bundles: an empirical study on the effects of price and non-price incentives and the moderating influence of consumers' goal orientation
Sett, Rahul Kumar (2010)Price bundling, the practice of selling two or more separate products in a single package at a price discount, is a tool for cross selling a given product A to customers who only buy product B and vice versa. Cross selling ... -
Essays on inflation expectations
Singh, Gaurav Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)“Expectations about macroeconomic variables play an important role in economic theory and policy-making. Household inflation expectations are key to understanding household consumption and investment decisions, and hence ... -
Essays on revenue management
Karmarkar, Sandeep (2010)Revenue Management (RM) is the process of understanding, anticipating and reacting to consumer behavior in order to maximize expected future revenue from a perishable resource. The challenge here is to sell the right product ... -
Essays on seduelized and comparative advertising strategies: a search for the best advertising decision
Chakrabarty, Patrali (2010)Different formats of competitive advertising strategies interplay in present day markets. While some advertisements compare competing brands, some others are sequelized on earlier advertisements, either in an attempt to ... -
Essays on the Newsboy Problem
Khanra, Avijit (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)The newsboy problem is about minimizing the penalty associated with demand-supply mismatch of an item with uncertain demand by suitably deciding the stocking quantity. Newsboy problem arises in a variety of situations ... -
Exploring welfare maximizing SPS standards in a game-theoretic framework: a case of Indo-US trade in wheat and mango
Rastogi, Siddhartha Kumar (2010)As the trade quotas have been eliminated under GATT and tariffs have been rationalized under WTO; the focal point of disputes and negotiations in international trade has shifted to non-tariff barriers, particularly Sanitary ... -
Governance and economic growth in the Indian states
Singh, Pavneet (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)In Essay 1, I have assimilated a unique dataset of 30 indicators across three broad dimensions of Accountability, State Capacity and Fiscal Performance. Building on theoretical considerations from the New Institutional ... -
Infrastructure investments, urbanization, and regional growth in India
Agarwalla, Astha (2011)There are significant differences in the level of economic development across states in India. Economic theories differ on the issue of convergence or divergence in regional incomes along with national economic growth. ... -
Intraday activity patterns and market microstructure effects in Indian capital markets: an empirical investigation using high frequency data
Agarwalla, Sobhesh Kumar (2010)This study analyzes the intraday activity (volatility, volume and trade frequency) patterns and market microstructure effects in the Indian capital market using a large dataset. Intraday 5-minutes volume and volatility are ... -
Metaheuristics for the Single Row Facility Layout Problem
Kothari, Ravi (2013)The single row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is the problem of arranging a set of facilities with given lengths on a line so as to minimize the weighted sum of the distances between all pairs of facilities. The problem ... -
Multi-Period Facility Location Problem With an Uncertain Number of Servers
Vatsa, Amit Kumar (2016)Facility location problems reported in the literature generally assume the problem parameter values (like cost, budget, etc.) to be known with complete certainty, even if they change over time (as in multi-period versions). ... -
Role of operational capabilities on performance in Indian apparel retail sector
Gangula, Bharath (2010)Indian apparel retail sector has shown tremendous growth rates over the last decade. Owning to tremendous growth rates and more stores getting added up, gives the customer a variety of choices in terms of store formats and ... -
Savings and Investment in Indian States: Implications for Growth and Public Finances
Sethia, Deepak (2013)Regional imbalances in economic growth and development have always drawn attention of the policymakers in federal economies. Two important economic forces having implications for regional disparities are: i) market ... -
A Simulation and Genetic Algorithm Based Optimization of Closed – Loop Multi – Echelon Inventory System
Kapoor, Rohit (2009)The objective of this research is to develop a Genetic Algorithm (GA) - based optimization approach for a multi - echelon closed - loop inventory system of items which are repairable in nature. In the context of the passenger ...