SIGNAL Group

Resources

This page collects books, seminar slides, study materials, and other academic resources created or authored by members of The SIGNAL Group.

Books

Business Analytics: Data to Decisions

Business Analytics: Data to Decisions

Shubhabrata Das and Soudeep Deb

A textbook on business analytics, probability, statistics, and introductory machine learning, with examples and datasets motivated largely by the Indian context.

Mathematical Techniques for Competitive Examinations

Mathematical Techniques for Competitive Examinations

Soudeep Deb and Debangan Dey

A problem-based book for high-school students preparing for entrance tests and mathematical competitions.

Seminar slides

Does economic strength or political and civil freedom improve international tourism? An econometric analysis

Amrutha Seshagiri · Contributed talk, COMPSTAT Conference 2026, Greece · August 2026

Data-Driven Estimation of Rare Event Probabilities for Spatial Extremes

Madhab Barman · Invited talk, ISNPS Conference 2026, Greece · June 2026

Nonparametric regression of spatio-temporal data using infinite-dimensional covariates

Soudeep Deb · Invited talk, IMS-APRM Conference 2026, Hong Kong · June 2026

Optimizing football squad selection: A multi-objective approach to transfer strategy under budget constraints

Soudeep Deb · Keynote talk, AUEB SAW Conference 2026, Greece · May 2026

Some Nonparametric Methods for Analyzing Financial Data

Soudeep Deb · Invited talk, StatFin Conference 2025, India. · December 2025

Real-time forecasting in football and cricket

Soudeep Deb · Invited seminar, University of Liverpool Management School, UK · December 2025

Study materials

Basics of R

Here is an introduction to R coding through a comprehensive guide, with simple practices to follow. Download the R script and run it using the UrbanMart dataset for hands-on practice. Contact Prof. Soudeep if there is any question about this.

HR analytics dataset

Here is an Excel dataset for teaching and practice exercises in applied statistical modelling. This can be used for different types of regression and classification exercises. Contact Prof. Soudeep if there is any question about this.

A discussion on statistical power

Understanding the concept of type I/II error and power is important for an introductory course in statistics. Here is a short note about power with specific examples in one-sample tests of mean and variance. Contact Prof. Soudeep if there is any question about this.

Others