Springer Advances in Interdisciplinary Research in Engineering and Business Management (Asset Analytics)

The volume contains latest research on software reliability assessment, testing, quality management, inventory management, mathematical modeling, analysis using soft computing techniques and management analytics. It links researcher and practitioner perspectives from different branches of engineering and management, and from around the world for a bird's eye view on the topics. The interdisciplinarity of engineering and management research is widely recognized and considered to be the most appropriate and significant in the fast changing dynamics of today's times. With insights from the volume, companies looking to drive decision making are provided actionable insight on each level and for every role using key indicators, to generate mobile-enabled scorecards, time-series based analysis using charts, and dashboards. At the same time, the book provides scholars with a platform to derive maximum utility in the area by subscribing to the idea of managing business through performance and business analytics. From the Back Cover The volume contains latest research on software reliability assessment, testing, quality management, inventory management, mathematical modeling, analysis using soft computing techniques and management analytics. It links researcher and practitioner perspectives from different branches of engineering and management, and from around the world for a bird's eye view on the topics. The interdisciplinarity of engineering and management research is widely recognized and considered to be the most appropriate and significant in the fast changing dynamics of today's times. With insights from the volume, companies looking to drive decision making are provided actionable insight on each level and for every role using key indicators, to generate mobile-enabled scorecards, time-series based analysis using charts, and dashboards. At the same time, the book provides scholars with a platform to derive maximum utility in the area by subscribing to the idea of managing business through performance and business analytics. About the Author P. K. Kapur is Director of Amity Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Amity University, Noida. He is Former Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, and Former Head of the Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi. His vast research experience in the areas of Software Reliability, Optimization, Innovation Diffusion Modeling in Marketing, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Big Data Projects Adoption, and other areas of management, is illustrated through his work with nearly 400 research paper publications in top international and national journals/proceedings of repute, and supervision of over 44 Ph.D. & 25 M.Phil scholars. Presently, he is also a member of the University Research Council, Amity University, Noida.  He has authored and edited more than 10 books/conference volumes, many of which have been published by Springer. He is also editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management (IJSAEM) published by Springer. He is Founder President of the Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM) since 2000 and former President of the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI). He has executed various research projects from UGC, DRDO in the areas of Software Reliability and Innovation Diffusion Modeling; has delivered keynote addresses at various prestigious international conferences; and has been invited to deliver lectures in various universities in Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, Russia, Serbia, Nepal, Dubai, to name some.   Gurinder Singh is Group Vice Chancellor, Amity Universities, Director General, Amity Group of Institutions, India, and Vice Chairman, Global Foundation for Learning Excellence, and has an experience of more than 27 years in institutional building, teaching, research and industry. He holds a doctorate and a postgradua