Abhishek Gupta – författare

This book examines the convergence of Islamic legal principles and modern financial systems, covering the fundamental principles of Islamic finance and banking, and how they are practically applied within the banking sector. Using real-world examples to discuss the operation of contracts, partnerships, and risk-sharing arrangements while adhering to Islamic law, the book details Shariah-compliant banking and finance in both theory and practice. With an international perspective, the book analyses Islamic banking law in countries such as the U.K., Malaysia, and India, covering their respective legal frameworks and regulations in detail. It also delves into the history of banking law in each country, alongside topics such as taxation, corporate governance, and regulatory practice.The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of Islamic law, banking, and finance law.

Numerical Methods with MATLAB provides a highly-practical reference work to assist anyone working with numerical methods. A wide range of techniques are introduced, their merits discussed and fully working MATLAB code samples supplied to demonstrate how they can be coded and applied.Numerical methods have wide applicability across many scientific, mathematical, and engineering disciplines and are most often employed in situations where working out an exact answer to the problem by another method is impractical.Numerical Methods with MATLAB presents each topic in a concise and readable format to help you learn fast and effectively. It is not intended to be a reference work to the conceptual theory that underpins the numerical methods themselves. A wide range of reference works are readily available to supply this information. If, however, you want assistance in applying numerical methods then this is the book for you.

Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety informs the readers about the quantitative analysis and the safety issues of nanotechnology in the healthcare research. It throws light on the relation between nanotechnology and the occupational health and enumerates the various risks and benefits for medical diagnosis and treatment. Also discussed in the book nanotechnology-related environment, health, and safety research, the ergonomic challenges for nanotechnology safety and health practices, the ethical and scientific issues of nanotechnology in the workplace, management of nanomaterials safety in research environment, risk assessment and risk management of nanomaterials in the workplace and the prospects of using nanotechnology for food preservation, safety, and security.

Emerging Nanotechnologies in Food Sciences gives an overview of nanotechnology in food science explaining the preparative methods of practical applications and throws light on the adoption of nanotechnology as a new approach in the food packaging. It explores the various possibilities for nanotechnology in food packaging and discusses the challenges related to them. Also discussed in the book are the current demands for approved liposome nanoparticles, the exploration of safety of nanotechnology in food, application of nanotechnology in food science, market overview of food packaging industry and the various prospects of such a technology, to provide basic insights on the subject matter to the readers.

This book bridges the widening gap between two crucial constituents of computational intelligence: the rapidly advancing technologies of machine learning in the digital information age, and the relatively slow-moving field of general-purpose search and optimization algorithms. With this in mind, the book serves to offer a data-driven view of optimization, through the framework of memetic computation (MC). The authors provide a summary of the complete timeline of research activities in MC – beginning with the initiation of memes as local search heuristics hybridized with evolutionary algorithms, to their modern interpretation as computationally encoded building blocks of problem-solving knowledge that can be learned from one task and adaptively transmitted to another. In the light of recent research advances, the authors emphasize the further development of MC as a simultaneous problem learning and optimization paradigm with the potential to showcase human-like problem-solvingprowess; that is, by equipping optimization engines to acquire increasing levels of intelligence over time through embedded memes learned independently or via interactions. In other words, the adaptive utilization of available knowledge memes makes it possible for optimization engines to tailor custom search behaviors on the fly – thereby paving the way to general-purpose problem-solving ability (or artificial general intelligence). In this regard, the book explores some of the latest concepts from the optimization literature, including, the sequential transfer of knowledge across problems, multitasking, and large-scale (high dimensional) search, systematically discussing associated algorithmic developments that align with the general theme of memetics. The presented ideas are intended to be accessible to a wide audience of scientific researchers, engineers, students, and optimization practitioners who are familiar with the commonly used terminologies of evolutionary computation. A full appreciation of the mathematical formalizations and algorithmic contributions requires an elementary background in probability, statistics, and the concepts of machine learning. A prior knowledge of surrogate-assisted/Bayesian optimization techniques is useful, but not essential.

This book covers the most recent advances in the field of evolutionary multiobjective optimization. With the aim of drawing the attention of up-and coming scientists towards exciting prospects at the forefront of computational intelligence, the authors have made an effort to ensure that the ideas conveyed herein are accessible to the widest audience. The book begins with a summary of the basic concepts in multi-objective optimization. This is followed by brief discussions on various algorithms that have been proposed over the years for solving such problems, ranging from classical (mathematical) approaches to sophisticated evolutionary ones that are capable of seamlessly tackling practical challenges such as non-convexity, multi-modality, the presence of multiple constraints, etc. Thereafter, some of the key emerging aspects that are likely to shape future research directions in the field are presented. These include: optimization in dynamic environments, multi-objective bilevel programming, handling high dimensionality under many objectives, and evolutionary multitasking. In addition to theory and methodology, this book describes several real-world applications from various domains, which will expose the readers to the versatility of evolutionary multi-objective optimization.

This book covers the most recent advances in the field of evolutionary multiobjective optimization. In addition to theory and methodology, this book describes several real-world applications from various domains, which will expose the readers to the versatility of evolutionary multi-objective optimization.

A thoroughly revised and updated edition by using clear, simple, easy to understand, well labeled and meaningful illustrations. Includes about 20-25 new illustrations, touching new topics of immense interest like SARS, avian influenza (H5 N1) etc. All efforts are geared towards making the material more relevant to the requirements of the readers.