Handbook of Research on Manufacturing Process Modeling and Optimization Strategies (Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science (ALOMS))

"This book presents a review on state-of-the-art research and growing trend for modeling and optimization of the various manufacturing processes, including EDM, ECM, AJM, LAM and similar processes. It explores different manufacturing processes, analytical models, optimization techniques, results of applications of the proposed methods, and highlights the best modeling and optimization approaches to achieve best process performance"--

Mohan Kumar Pradhan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Head of Production Engineering Lab.and CAM lab. of the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India. He received his M. Tech and PhD from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing and 5 years of postdoctoral research experience. He has advised over 50 graduates, 20 Post graduate and three PhD students. Dr. Pradhan's research interests include manufacturing, non-traditional machining, metrology, micro-machining, hybrid machining, and process modelling and optimization. Dr. Pradhan has more than 50 refereed publications and nearly 50 technically edited papers, which were published in conference proceedings, edited two books, Five Conference Proceedings and five journals as Guest editor authored seven book chapters. Dr. Pradhan is Charted Engineer, a life fellow of IIPE and life member of ISTE, IACSIT, IAENG and MIE (I).