Preface: Special volume of Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra dedicated to Professor Ravindra B. Bapat

摘要

This special volume of the Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra is dedicated to Professor Ravindra B. Bapat on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The volume contains papers related to the International Conference on Linear Algebra & its Applications, which was held December 18--20, 2014 at the Department of Statistics of Manipal University in Manipal, India. The theme of conference focused on (i) Matrix Methods in Statistics, (ii) Combinatorial Matrix Theory and (iii) Classical Matrix Theory covering different aspects of Linear Algebra.