This textbook aims to provide awareness about research ethics, misconduct and the ensuing actions as per international law, information on open access publishing and predatory publishing. Many fresh research scholars are not fully acquainted with the rules governing copyright infringements, plagiarism and intellectual property rights. As such the book presents its various features in a lucid style, and the latest updates on the use of information technology in retrieving and managing information through various means in an ethical manner. The book is useful for students, young...

This book is designed to meet the requirement of undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing computer science, information technology, mathematical science, and physical science course. No formal prerequisites are needed to understand the text matter except a very reasonable background in college algebra. The text contains in-depth coverage of all major topics proposed by professional institutions and universities for a discrete mathematics course. It emphasizes on problem-solving techniques, pattern recognition, conjecturing, induction, applications of varying nature, proof...

The present book is based on the curriculum of undergraduate and postgraduate courses of universities in India and abroad. Every effort is made to present the various topics in the theory of graphs in a logical manner with adequate historical background and include suitable figures to illustrate concepts and results ideally. The formidable exercises, neither easy nor straightforward, are bold faced and highlighted. The theory portion of each chapter is studied thoroughly as it helps solve many of the problems with comparative ease. Selected material from this book is used for a semester...