OPEN ELECTIVE(S)

MAHENDRA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) -

R 2019
SYLLABUS
ELECTRONICS &
PROGRAMME CODE
DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION 5041
& NAME
ENGINEERING
OPEN ELECTIVE
CREDIT
COURSE HOURS/WEEK MAXIMUM
COURSE NAME
CODE MARKS
L T P C
BUSINESS
3 0 0 3 100
ANALYTICS
OUTCOMES:
Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to
 Understand the role of business analytics within an organization.
 Analyze data using statistical and data mining techniques and understand
relationships between the underlying business processes of an organization.
 Gain an understanding of how managers use business analytics to formulate and solve
business problems and to support managerial decision making.
 Become familiar with processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business data.Use
decision-making tools/Operations research techniques.
 Analyze and solve problems from different industries such as manufacturing, service,
retail,
software, banking and finance, sports, pharmaceutical, aerospace etc
UNIT I BUSINESS ANALYTICS (9 Hrs)
Overview of Business analytics, Scope of Business analytics, Business Analytics Process,
Relationship of Business Analytics Process and organisation, competitive advantages of Business
Analytics. Statistical Tools: Statistical Notation, Descriptive Statistical methods, Review of
probability distribution and data modelling, sampling and estimation methods overview.
UNIT II TRENDINESS AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS (9 Hrs)
Modelling Relationships and Trends in Data, simple Linear Regression. Important Resources,
Business Analytics Personnel, Data and models for Business analytics, problem solving,
Visualizing and Exploring Data, Business Analytics Technology.
UNIT III ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES OF BUSINESS (9 Hrs)
ANALYTICS
Team management, Management Issues, Designing Information Policy, Outsourcing, Ensuring Data
Quality, Measuring contribution of Business analytics, Managing Changes. Descriptive Analytics,
predictive analytics, predicative Modelling, Predictive analytics analysis, Data Mining, Data Mining
Methodologies, Prescriptive analytics and its step in the business analytics Process,
Prescriptive Modelling, nonlinear Optimization.
UNIT IV FORECASTING TECHNIQUES (9 Hrs)
Qualitative and Judgmental Forecasting, Statistical Forecasting Models, Forecasting Models for
Stationary Time Series, Forecasting Models for Time Series with a Linear Trend, Forecasting Time
Series with Seasonality, Regression Forecasting with Casual Variables, Selecting Appropriate
Forecasting Models. Monte Carlo Simulation and Risk Analysis: Monte Carle Simulation Using
Analytic Solver Platform, New-Product Development Model, Newsvendor Model, Overbooking
Model, Cash Budget Model.
UNIT V DECISION ANALYSIS (9 Hrs)
Formulating Decision Problems, Decision Strategies with the without Outcome Probabilities,
Decision Trees, The Value of Information, Utility and Decision Making. Recent Trends in :
Embedded and collaborative business intelligence, Visual data recovery, Data Storytelling and Data
journalism.

Total 45 Hrs

REFERENCES:
 Business analytics Principles, Concepts, and Applications by Marc J. Schniederjans, Dara
G.Schniederjans, Christopher M. Starkey, Pearson FT Press
 Business Analytics by James Evans, persons Education.
 MAHENDRA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) -
R 2019
SYLLABUS
ELECTRONICS &
PROGRAMME CODE
DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION 5041
& NAME
ENGINEERING
OPEN ELECTIVE
CREDIT
COURSE HOURS/WEEK MAXIMUM
COURSE NAME
CODE MARKS
L T P C
INDUSTRIAL
3 0 0 3 100
SAFETY
OUTCOMES:
Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to
 Get knowledge about the electrical hazards and its types.
 Understand the concept of maintenance in industries.
 Know the wear and corrosion and its prevention.
 Understand the fault tracing concept and its importance.
 Understand the procedure for periodic and preventive measures
UNIT I INTRODUCTION (9 Hrs)
Accident, causes, types, results and control, mechanical and electrical hazards, types, causes and
preventive steps/procedure, describe salient points of factories act 1948 for health and safety, wash
rooms, drinking water layouts, light, cleanliness, fire, guarding, pressure vessels, etc, Safety color
codes. Fire prevention and firefighting, equipment and methods.
UNIT II FUNDAMENTALS OF MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING (9 Hrs)
Definition and aim of maintenance engineering, Primary and secondary functions and responsibility
of maintenance department, Types of maintenance, Types and applications of tools used for
maintenance, Maintenance cost & its relation with replacement economy, Service life of equipment.
UNIT III WEAR AND CORROSION AND THEIR PREVENTION (9 Hrs)
Wear- types, causes, effects, wear reduction methods, lubricants-types and applications,
Lubrication methods, general sketch, working and applications, i. Screw down grease cup, ii.
Pressure grease gun, iii. Splash lubrication, iv. Gravity lubrication, v. Wick feed lubrication vi.
Side feed lubrication, vii. Ring lubrication, Definition, principle and factors affecting the
corrosion. Types of corrosion, corrosion prevention methods.
UNIT IV FAULT TRACING (9 Hrs)
Fault tracing-concept and importance, decision treeconcept, need and applications, sequence of fault
finding activities, show as decision tree, draw decision tree for problems in machine tools,
hydraulic, pneumatic,automotive, thermal and electrical equipment’s like, I. Any one machine tool,
ii. Pump iii. Air compressor, iv. Internal combustion engine, v. Boiler, vi. Electrical motors, Types of
faults in machine tools and their general causes.
UNIT V PERIODIC AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (9 Hrs)
Periodic inspection-concept and need, degreasing, cleaning and repairing schemes, overhauling of
mechanical components, overhauling of electrical motor, common troubles and remedies of electric
motor, repair complexities and its use, definition, need, steps and advantages of preventive
maintenance. Steps/procedure for periodic and preventive maintenance of: I. Machine tools, ii.
Pumps, iii. Air compressors, iv. Diesel generating (DG) sets, Program and schedule of preventive
maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment, advantages of preventive maintenance.
Repair cycle concept and importance.

Total 45 Hrs

REFERENCES:
 Maintenance Engineering Handbook, Higgins & Morrow, Da Information Services
 Maintenance Engineering, H. P. Garg, S. Chand and Company.
 Pump-hydraulic Compressors, Audels, Mcgrew Hill Publication
 Foundation Engineering Handbook, Winterkorn, Hans, Chapman & Hall London.
 MAHENDRA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) - R 2019
SYLLABUS
ELECTRONICS &
PROGRAMME CODE
DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION 5041
& NAME
ENGINEERING
OPEN ELECTIVE
CREDIT
COURSE HOURS/WEEK MAXIMUM
COURSE NAME
CODE MARKS
L T P C

OPERATIONS
3 0 0 3 100
RESEARCH

OUTCOMES:
Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to
 Apply the dynamic programming to solve problems of discrete and continuous variables.
 Apply the concept of non-linear programming.
 Carry out sensitivity analysis.
 Model the real world problem and simulate it.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION (9 Hrs)

Optimization Techniques, Model Formulation, models, General L.R Formulation, Simplex
Techniques, Sensitivity Analysis, Inventory Control Models.
UNIT II FORMULATION OF A LPP (9 Hrs)
Formulation of a LPP - Graphical solution revised simplex method - duality theory - dual simplex
method - sensitivity analysis - parametric programming.
UNIT III NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM (9 Hrs)
Nonlinear programming problem - Kuhn-Tucker conditions min cost flow problem - max flow
problem - CPM/PERT.
UNIT IV SCHEDULING AND SEQUENCING (9 Hrs)
Scheduling and sequencing - single server and multiple server models - deterministic inventory
models - Probabilistic inventory control models - Geometric Programming.
UNIT V COMPETITIVE MODELS (9 Hrs)
Competitive Models, Single and Multi-channel Problems, Sequencing Models, Dynamic
Programming, Flow in Networks, Elementary Graph Theory, Game Theory Simulation

Total 45 Hrs
REFERENCES:
 H.A. Taha, Operations Research, An Introduction, PHI, 2008
 H.M. Wagner, Principles of Operations Research, PHI, Delhi, 1982.
 J.C. Pant, Introduction to Optimisation: Operations Research, Jain Brothers, Delhi, 2008
 Hitler Libermann, Operations Research: McGraw Hill Pub. 2009
 Pannerselvam, Operations Research: Prentice Hall of India 2010
 MAHENDRA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) -
R 2019
SYLLABUS
ELECTRONICS &
PROGRAMME CODE
DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION 5041
& NAME
ENGINEERING
OPEN ELECTIVE
CREDIT
COURSE HOURS/WEEK MAXIMUM
COURSE NAME
CODE MARKS
L T P C
WASTE TO
3 0 0 3 100
ENERGY

OUTCOMES:
Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to
 Know the classification of waste from different sources.
 Know the process of biomass
 Understand the concept of biomass gasification
 Understand the concept of biomass combustion
 Know and understand about biogas and its usage.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY FROM WASTE (9 Hrs)

Classification of waste as fuel – Agro based, Forest residue, Industrial waste - MSW – Conversion
devices – Incinerators, gasifiers, digestors.
UNIT II BIOMASS PYROLYSIS (9 Hrs)
Pyrolysis – Types, slow fast – Manufacture of charcoal – Methods - Yields and application –
Manufacture of pyrolytic oils and gases, yields and applications.
UNIT III BIOMASS GASIFICATION (9 Hrs)
Gasifiers – Fixed bed system – Downdraft and updraft gasifiers – Fluidized bed gasifiers – Design,
construction and operation – Gasifier burner arrangement for thermal heating – Gasifier engine
arrangement and electrical power – Equilibrium and kinetic consideration in gasifier operation.
UNIT IV BIOMASS COMBUSTION (9 Hrs)
Biomass stoves – Improved chullahs, types, some exotic designs, Fixed bed combustors, Types,
inclined grate combustors, Fluidized bed combustors, Design, construction and operation -
Operation of all the above biomass combustors.
UNIT V BIOGAS (9 Hrs)
Properties of biogas (Calorific value and composition) - Biogas plant technology and status - Bio
energy system - Design and constructional features - Biomass resources and their classification -
Biomass conversion processes - Thermo chemical conversion - Direct combustion - biomass
gasification - pyrolysis and liquefaction - biochemical conversion - anaerobic digestion - Types of
biogas Plants – Applications - Alcohol production from biomass - Bio diesel production - Urban
waste to energy conversion - Biomass energy programme in India.

Total 45 Hrs

REFERENCES:

 Non Conventional Energy, Desai, Ashok V., Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1990
 Biogas Technology - A Practical Hand Book - Khandelwal, K. C. and Mahdi, S. S., Vol. I
&II, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1983.
 Food, Feed and Fuel from Biomass, Challal, D. S., IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 1991.
 Biomass Conversion and Technology, C. Y. WereKo-Brobby and E. B. Hagan, John Wiley &
Sons, 1996.
MAHENDRA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) - SYLLABUS R 2019
ELECTRONICS & PROGRAMME
DEPARTMENT 5041
COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING CODE
OPEN ELECTIVE
COURSE HOURS/WEEK CREDIT MAXIMUM
COURSE NAME
CODE L T P C MARKS
ANALOG AND
MIXED MODE VLSI 3 0 0 3 100
DESIGN

OBJECTIVES
 To study the concepts of MOS large signal model and small signal model
 To understand the concepts of D/A conversion methods and their architectures.
 To learn filters for ADC.
 To study about the switched capacitor circuits.
OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
 Discuss submicron circuit design
 Compare data converters
 Design and analyze switched capacitor circuits

UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND BASIC MOS DEVICES (9 Hrs)

Challenges in analog design-Mixed signal layout issues- MOS FET structures and characteristics-large
signal and small signal model of single stage Amplifier-Source follower- Common gate stage – Cascode
Stage – large and small signal analysis of differential amplifier with active load, pole-zero estimation, zero
value time constant method, frequency response of CS, cascade and cascade amplifiers .
UNIT II SUBMICRON CIRCUIT DESIGN (9 Hrs)
Submicron CMOS process flow, Capacitors and resistors, Current mirrors, Digital Circuit Design, Delay
Elements – Adders- OP Amp parameters and Design.
UNIT III DATA CONVERTERS (9 Hrs)

Static and dynamic errors in DAC and ADC – Architectures & Characteristics of Sample and Hold- Digital
to Analog Converters- DAC- R-2R, weighted DAC, multiplying DAC, segmented DAC and sigma delta
DAC. ADC – Flash ADC, pipelined ADC, successive approximation ADC, sigma delta ADC.

UNIT IV SNR IN DATA CONVERTERS (9 Hrs)

Overview of SNR of Data Converters- Clock Jitters- Improving Using Averaging – Decimating Filters for
ADC- Band pass and High Pass Sinc Filters- Interpolating Filters for DAC.
 SWITCHED CAPACITOR CIRCUITS (9 Hrs)
UNIT V
Resistors, First order low pass Circuit, Switched capacitor Amplifier, Switched Capacitor Integrator –
Design of flip around sample and hold circuit – pipelined ADC.

Total hours 45 Hrs

REFERENCES

 J. Jacob Wikner, Mikael Gustavsson, Nianxiong Tan “CMOS Data Converters for
Communications” Springer, 2000.
 Van de Plassche, Rudy J., “CMOS Integrated Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog
Converters” Springer, 2003
MAHENDRA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) - SYLLABUS R 2019
ELECTRONICS & PROGRAMME
DEPARTMENT 5041
COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING CODE
OPEN ELECTIVE
COURSE HOURS/WEEK CREDIT MAXIMUM
COURSE NAME
CODE L T P C MARKS
VLSI DESIGN OF
NEURAL 3 0 0 3 100
NETWORKS

OBJECTIVES
To impart knowledge on
• Analyze the Architectures for Artificial Intelligence processing.
• Design for Analogue and Digital and Pulse stream networks.
OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
 Design Hardware for an Artificial Intelligent network.
 Analyze the mixed signal Neural Network.
 Analyze the analogue and pulse firing neural Network
 Analyze the digital implementations of Neural Network
 Create a neural network based arrays for VLSI circuits.
UNIT I ARCHITECTURE AND HARDWARE SUPPORT (9 Hrs)
FOR AI PROCESSING
VLSI Design of a 3-D Highly PamUel Message-Passing Architecture - Design of the Rewrite Rule
Machine Ensemble -Dataflow Architecture for AI - Incremental Garbage Collection Scheme in
KLI and Its Architectural Support of PIM -COLIBRI - CAM Based Architecture for Production
System Matching - SIMD Parallelism for Symbol Mapping – Logic Flow in Active Data.
UNIT II MACHINES FOR PROLOG (9 Hrs)
Extended Prolog Instruction Set for RISC Processors - VLSI Engine for Structured Logic
Programming – Performance Evaluation of a VLSI Associative Unifier in a WAM Based
Environment - Parallel Incremental Architecture for Prolog Program Execution - An Architectural
Characterization of Prolog Execution - Prolog abstract Machine for Content Addressable Memory -
Multi-Transputer Architecture for a Parallel Logic Machine.
ANALOGUE AND PULSE STREAM NEURAL
UNIT III (9 Hrs)
NETWORKS
Computational Capabilities of Biologically-Realistic Analog Processing Elements - Analog VLSI
Models of Mean Field Networks - An Analogue Neuron Suitable for a Data Frame Architecture -
Fully Cascadable Analogue Synapses Using Distributed Feedback - Results from Pulse-Stream
VLSI Neural Network Devices - Working Analogue Pulse-Firing Neural Network Chips - An
Analog Circuit with Digital I/O for Synchronous Boltzmann Machines
DIGITAL IMPLEMENTATIONS OF NEURAL
UNIT IV (9 Hrs)
NETWORKS
Cascadable VLSI Architecture for the Realization of Large Binary Associative Networks - Digital
VLSI Implementations of an Associative Memory Based on Neural Networks - Probabilistic Bit
Stream Neural Chip: Implementation – Binary Neural Network with Delayed Synapses - Syntactic
Neural Networks in VLSI - VLSI Implementation of a Generic Systolic Synaptic Building Block
for Neural Networks - Compact and Fast Silicon Implementation for Layered Neural Nets.
ARRAYS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS (9 Hrs)
UNIT V
Highly Parallel Digital Architecture for Neural Network Emulation - Delay-Insensitive Neural
Network Engine – VLSI Implementation of Multi-Layered Neural Networks: Performance -
Efficient Implementation of Massive Neural Networks - Implementing Neural Networks with the
Associative String Processor.
Total hours 45 Hrs
REFERENCES
 Jose G. Delgado-Frias, William R. Moore, “VLSI For Artificial Intelligence And Neural
Networks”, Springer Science Business Media, LLC, 2001.
 Mohamed I. Elmasry, “VLSI Artificial Neural Networks Engineering”, Springer
Science Business Media, LLC, 2000.
 Sied Mehdi Fakhraie, Kenneth C. Smith, “VLSI - Compatible Implementations for
Artificial Neural Networks”, Springer Science Business Media, LLC, 1996.