Bodhibrata Nag

TL;DR: A non-linear multi-objective model for optimal design of railway timetables to maximize schedule reliability and minimize energy consumption, rolling stock and crew deployment is developed.

TL;DR: A design of regulated efficient/bounded inefficient economic mechanisms for oligopoly data trading markets using a novel preference function bidding approach on a simplified sellers-broker market is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the exploratory case study method of analyzing a few recent cases of public procurement irregularities on Indian Railways documented by the vigilance departments and the CAG available in public domain to inquire into the following issues: (1) how do irregularities and instances of corruption persist in spite of safeguards and thereby find the deficiencies of the current procurement processes and control mechanisms, (2) recommending appropriate corruption prevention methods for arresting the deficiencies in the Indian context.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tried to inquire into the following issues: (a) correctness of perceptions of corruption, (b) the deficiencies of the current procurement processes and control mechanisms, and (c) recommending appropriate corruption prevention methods for arresting the deficiencies in the Indian context.

TL;DR: In this paper, a dynamic programming algorithm is proposed and demonstrated on a test case to determine the optimum operating schedule of a barrage tidal power plant to maximize the energy generation over a tidal cycle.