ABOUT THE BOOK

ForTran has become a major tool of research in different sciences. This book gives a systematic exposition of ForTran 77 as is required at the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in mathematics, computer science, physics, statistics, etc. No previous knowledge is necessary for reading this book. The ideas have been illustrated with a large number of examples and illustrations at each step and supplemented by a number of exercises.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Prof. Madhumangal Pal is currently a Professor of Applied Mathematics, Vidyasagar University. He has received Gold and Silver medals from Vidyasagar University for rank first and second in M.Sc. and B.Sc. examinations respectively. He did his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, India. Also, he received “Computer Division Medal” from Institute of Engineers (India) in 1996 for best research work.

Prof. Pal has successfully guided 37 research scholars for Ph.D. degrees and has published more than 380 articles in international and national journals. His specializations include Algorithmic and Fuzzy Graph Theory, Fuzzy Matrices, Genetic Algorithms and Parallel Algorithms. Prof. Pal is the author of nine text books published from India and United Kingdom and two edited book published by IGI Global, USA. He has published 25 book chapters in several edited books. Prof. Pal completed three research project funded by UGC and DST and one project is going on.

Prof. Pal is the Editor-in-Chief of “Journal of Physical Sciences”, “Annals of Pure and Applied Mathematics”, Associate Editor of “International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems (SCIE Indexed Journal)” and “Journal of Mathematics and Computing” (SCIE Indexed journal) and member of the editorial Boards of many journals.

He has visited China, Greece, London, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Dubai and Bangladesh academic purpose. He is also a member of the American Mathematical Society, USA, Calcutta Mathematical Society, Advanced Discrete Mathematics and Application, Neutrosophic Science International Association, USA, etc. He is the member of several administrative and academic bodies in Vidyasagar University and other institutes/organizations.