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Advanced Foundation Engineering program primarily focuses on the design of shallow foundations on layered soil, on eccentric loading conditions, and under inclined soil. The course will also provide an overview of lateral loading conditions and piles under uplift. These topics are especially useful for engineering students and working professionals as they are not covered in the conventional engineering degree courses. 

Advanced Foundation Engineering certification courses will be most beneficial for final-year undergraduate engineering students and postgraduate and doctoral students in their first semester. It will also prove useful for individuals who are preparing for competitive examinations. 

Advanced Foundation Engineering is a twelve-week course that uses online lectures, weekly assignments, and a final exam to motivate students to complete the course and gain maximum knowledge out of it. This is an AICTE approved FDP course in civil engineering with an educator from IIT Kharagpur as the instructor. Candidates can achieve a certificate by completing the assignments satisfactorily and scoring higher than the cut-off in the final examination.

The Hydraulic Engineering certification course provides an undergraduate level of training and it is an essential part of the AICTE civil engineering curriculum. The course gives a detailed explanation about hydraulic engineering and involves topics like viscous fluid flow, turbulent and laminar flow, dimensional analysis, boundary layer analysis, computational fluid dynamics, etc. 

The course also talks about the various problems that are continuously faced in the industry such as hydraulic machines and open channel flows. Candidates who have some pre-knowledge in the field and about fluid mechanics would be able to understand this course properly, however, the Hydraulic Engineering online course gives an introduction and covers the fundamentals of fluid mechanics too so that other students have an understanding of the topic. 

The course is free of cost programme and there are no timings for attending classes or any requirement regarding attendance. The provider of the Hydraulic Engineering training also provides a certificate of the course to the eligible candidates who qualify the exam as per the requirements of the platform. The course can be accessed anytime from anywhere and students can pursue this course till the time they understand it completely even when the mentor of the course will complete the syllabus in the given time of 3 months. 

The Geotechnical Engineering II Foundation Engineering by Swayam covers up the civil engineering segment. The civil engineering segment is a vast discipline. This course will cover foundation engineering and geotechnical engineering. Geotechnical engineering will cover up the construction and design of various structures, tunnels, rail embankment, and offshore structures. The course will first cover up the soil mechanics and then move towards foundation engineering.

The Geotechnical Engineering II Foundation Engineering fee for the course is free of cost. The course is offered in the Swayam platform certified by IIT Kharagpur and NPTEL. The course will be taught by the faculty member of IIT Kharagpur. The students who are appearing in the GATE, engineering services, or any other important competitive examination will be benefitted as this course covers up the examination syllabus for these exams.

The Geotechnical Engineering II Foundation Engineering certification is useful and rewarding for both students and working professionals. This certification is e-verifiable in the NPTEL platform. The certification can be shared on social media such as Linkedin, Facebook, and many more. This certification will help claim promotional benefits for the candidates working in the civil engineering sector.

The Introduction to Fluid Mechanics certification syllabus lays strong emphasis on the fundamental concepts outlining fluid mechanics’ principles. This fluid mechanics branch is widely recognized for its various applications in different fields of science and engineering. With a course duration of twelve weeks, the training falls under the common domain of mechanical engineering and computational thermal fluids. 

The Introduction to Fluid Mechanics online course is an undergraduate-level program, paying special attention to this subject’s critical equations derivation. Students will benefit significantly from the appropriately-balanced coverage of the mathematical operations involved and vital physical concepts. Besides, a number of exercise problems and examples will be discussed to enhance practical understanding. 

The Introduction to Fluid Mechanics training is provided by Professor Suman Chakraborty, currently working as a professor in the Mechanical engineering department of IIT Kharagpur. He has published over 380 journals and received several awards. Thus, students can clearly obtain crisp clarity in this subject and understand its fundamental concepts.

The ‘Design Of Reinforced Concrete Structures’ online course is a study about the aspects of design structures in concrete provided by the Swayam online education platform by the ministry of education in India. The course on concrete design structures is a National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) online course developed by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

This faculty development program for the students pursuing civil engineering and architecture is held for twelve weeks. The course educator for the online program is Prof. Nirjhar Dhang from the department of civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur. This postgraduate-level course is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and allows the students to earn three credits. The ‘Design Of Reinforced Concrete Structures’ training program is part of the civil engineering and structural design domains. The students will receive the course certificate with NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur logos.

The ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online course is a study about the different aspects and operations of safety involved in engineering systems in the industry. This training program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning online course and is provided on the Swayam online education platform. The elective course for postgraduate level students is offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

This faculty development program is conducted for twelve weeks for the students belonging to domains of engineering, science, and management. The course on engineering safety systems is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The course educator for the ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online training is Dr. Jhareswar Maity, faculty from the department of industrial and systems engineering at IIT Kharagpur. The students in this online course can earn three credits after completion of the program and will receive the course completion certificate fulfilling the required mandates.

The Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Civil Infrastructure training course is a 3-month online course. The Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Civil Infrastructure certification syllabus was developed by the IIT Kharagpur, however, Swayam is the platform that offers the course, and the IIM and NPTEL are the organizations that issue the certificate.

The Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Civil Infrastructure certification course belongs to the elective program, which gives us a detailed understanding of various methods of repair, rehabilitation, and retrofitting techniques for masonry and concrete conditions in infrastructures. In this course, the materials for repair and retrofitting and the maintenance and strengthening techniques are also covered.

This course is suitable for all civil engineering design and consulting firms, material manufacturers, and construction companies related to concrete technology; most companies allow this course for practical applications. This certificate course is explained by Professor Swathi Maitra and Professor Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya.

The Surface Water Hydrology Certification Course is a three-month online program. This online course’s syllabus is created and decided upon by the IIT Kharagpur, but the course is delivered via the Swayam platform, and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and NPTEL are responsible for awarding certificates for this course.

This Surface Water Hydrology training belongs to the core program section, which deals with the concept of the global hydrological cycle. This course is divided into three main modules: hydrological analysis, hydrological processes, and hydrological design, in order to provide a thorough learning strategy.

There will be an explanation of the relevant theoretical principles for each process, their physical modeling, and their actual measuring setups. More practical uses for hydrological design principles are developed and described. Prof. Rajib Maity explains this certificate course.

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The Traffic Engineering certification course is a three months online program. The syllabus for this course was designed and created by IIT Kharagpur, but it is delivered via the Swayam platform and the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur), and NPTEL awards the certificate for this course.

The Traffic Engineering training belongs to the core program section, which deals with the fundamentals of the concept of traffic congestion. Traffic congestion has developed into a significant urban disease in the modern period of urbanization, especially in developing nations like India. Due to increased travel times, traffic accidents, fuel consumption, excessive exhaust emissions, etc., any city's growth and sustainable development may be affected

This course will help in capacity building amongst master students, policymakers, practitioners, etc. to understand the traffic engineer’s role in all relevant dimensions and develop strategies, programs, and projects accordingly. Prof. Bhargab Maitra explains this certificate course.

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The Probability Methods in Civil Engineering certification course is a 3-month online program. The course syllabus for this online course was developed and approved by IIT Kharagpur. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and NPTEL are in charge of issuing the course certificate, but the course is offered via the Swayam platform.

The Probability Methods in Civil Engineering training belong to the core program section, which deals with the fundamental concepts of probability and statistics and is very important to solving various civil engineering problems. In this course, we can understand probability and types of probabilistic models, and the concept of random variables and different functions of random variables will be covered. 

Each topic is discussed in relation to various application problems and their solutions in a variety of civil engineering disciplines, such as structural engineering, transportation engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, etc. Prof. Rajib Maity explains this certificate course.

The ‘Management Accounting’ online course is developed by the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) for the students to engage in discussions and gain valuable insights on the tools and techniques that ensure an improved decision-making process at the management level. This management studies certification course is provided by Swayam online education portal and the course modules and classes are designed to be completed in twelve weeks.

The course is conducted by sixty lectures, videos, and several other online exercises along with assessments done on a weekly basis. The program instructor is Dr. Anil K. Sharma, a finance and accounting professor from the department of management studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. The ‘Management Accounting’ online certification program enables students to gain a course certificate and credit points after successful completion of this core course. This program helps students gain a comprehensive understanding to gain an advantage over the competitive edge in the business market.

The broad content of the Financial Accounting Certification course includes introductory aspects (which consist of key concepts and terms, the definitions of those key terms, the need and the necessity of financial accounting), a brief introduction to the theoretical part of double-entry accounting cycle/accounting process, and a thorough understanding about every stand of the double-entry accounting process that includes Ledger posting, Journalizing, preparation of final accounts, Summarizing. 

The online course also deals with the treatment of adjustments during the preparation of final accounts. Giving lectures and using demonstrations are the basic methods of teaching adopted for this online course. The primary objective of this online course is to provide a thorough conceptual understanding of the double-entry system accounting process to target learners, who are undergraduate management students.

Financial Accounting Certification is an undergraduate-level course offered online. It comes under the category of Management studies. It is an elective course. C.S. Dr. Manish Sitlani, Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore is the instructor for the Financial Accounting Certification course on the NPTEL website.  He holds a PhD in commerce and he is a qualified company secretary. He also has two post graduates in Commerce and in Management (Finance).

Working knowledge of Financial Accounting is a must for anyone who wants to understand how business works. Corporate finance decisions and valuation models also rely on information delivered by financial statements. Candidates can learn all that and more in just 12 short weeks with the Financial Accounting online course by edX.

The Financial Accounting course is also a part of the MicroMasters programme in finance. This advanced-level programme introduces all the principles of financial accounting and explains them in extensive and rigorous detail. Candidates will learn how to prepare and analyse financial statements. They will also learn about the process of recording transactions and the basic structure of financial reports.

This course will also cover how financial statements provide inputs for valuation models and corporate finance decisions. They will learn how investors, creditors, and other users of financial statements, analyse these statements to evaluate corporate performance. This programme is instructor-paced and it can be pursued either in paid or free audit mode. While taking the course in the paid mode, the learners will have unlimited access and in the free audit mode, they will have access only for a limited period. 

Anyone preparing for the CFA exam will find the Financial Accounting programme useful for their preparation. 

Leadership and Team Effectiveness Certification will discuss understanding by leadership, who is the leader? What type of leadership can a person do or perform? And what a leader has to perform as a leader of the group. 

Also the difference between a manager and a leader: who is a manager? His job in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling and how a leader performs the job of a leadership activity will be taught in the course.

Leadership and Team Effectiveness Classes aim to explain the patterns of leadership roles for team effectiveness in noneconomic organizations compared to economic organizations.

All enrolled candidates get a Leadership and Team Effectiveness Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The ‘Educational leadership’ online certification course is offered as a massive open online course to enhance the significance of leadership in educational organizations that leads them towards development. The students are given an opportunity to discuss the tools and techniques to gain leadership skills within the context of an educational institution. This free online course is provided by the Swayam online portal and the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). This elective course is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and is conducted for eight weeks through an online virtual environment.

The course instructor for this program is Prof. Atasi Mohanty from the center for education technology at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The candidates of this training will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the concepts of educational management and administration. The students of the ‘Educational leadership’ online training program are given the certificate and credit points for this humanities and social sciences program.

The Electromagnetism programme by Swayam is an undergraduate course of twelve weeks. In this, students will learn, apply, and analyse how Maxwell’s equations govern electric and magnetic fields’ dynamics. This comprehensive curriculum falls under the ‘Physics’ domain and covers critical topics such as electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics, a magnetic field’s energies, dielectrics forces, spherical coordinate systems, and Faraday's law.

The Electromagnetism training also helps course-takers familiarise with vector calculus, Stoke’s theorem, Divergence theorem, and Dirac Delta function. Students will study the motion of charged particles in magnetic and electric fields, and gain fluency about the equation of continuity. With merely a prior knowledge in Calculus, aspirants can gain admission into this programme and start learning these concepts.

Moreover, the Electromagnetism certification course is an undergraduate-level one, and it is targeted at first-year B.Sc. students. This core programme offers a holistic syllabus and is free to learn from. However, candidates can achieve a digitally-verifiable certificate for this course by appearing for the proctored exam and completing the course.

The NBA Accreditation And Teaching - Learning In Engineering (NATE) training provide a postgraduate level of programme. The programme covers topics related to the NBA's guidelines regarding accreditation and teaching in the field of engineering. The course includes topics like OBE and accreditation, course designs and outcomes, surveys, etc. The course is designed for aspiring engineering faculty.  It includes 12 different chapters that will be dealt with over a time period of 3 months. The NBA Accreditation And Teaching - Learning In Engineering (NATE) certification syllabus will be taught by two different professors who are faculty members of IISc and MSRIT, Bangalore.

The course is provided by IISc, Bangalore and an e-certificate will be provided to the students if they choose to qualify for the proctored exam which will be conducted at the end of the programme. The course will be provided with study material. The NBA Accreditation And Teaching - Learning In Engineering (NATE) certification course is completely a free online learning experience which can be pursued according to the schedule of the student. Candidates are free to take time to decide about joining the course since there is no last date to apply for the course. Students can join the NBA Accreditation And Teaching - Learning In Engineering (NATE) programme as per their requirements. 

The aim of this certificate course in BES-121: Childhood and Growing Up is to develop an understanding of children of different age groups with the main focus to enable the students undertaking this course to grasp the different socio-political realities that construct different childhoods, such as the children’s lived-in contexts of family, school, neighbourhood, and community. By having an interdisciplinary framework, this 12 week course includes contributions from cross-cultural psychology, sociology, and anthropology related to child development and childhood. 

Hence, put in a nutshell child development, childhood, and adolescence are viewed in different socioeconomic and cultural settings. Even Though science has opened up and solved some of these mysteries yet there are some that are left untouched. BES-121: Childhood and Growing Up Classes go through this growing up pattern as,  if you take the universal pattern of development in man, you will be surprised by its systematic and methodical way of occurring. 

All students after carrying out the required projects and assignments get a BES-121: Childhood and Growing Up Certificate from the IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) New Delhi.

The Fish and Fisheries certification syllabus is structured to cover the essential and fundamental aspects of fish biology and provide comprehensive knowledge in both the marine ecosystem and freshwater ecosystem. The course also dives deep into providing the applications knowledge about the behavior of the fish and helps the students to formulate the taxonomic positions and understand the physiology of - marine fisheries and inland fisheries. 

The online program on Fish and Fisheries by Swayam also covers the modern-day concerns that are related to this industry such as- the reasons behind the deletion of fishes and the reasons behind fish diseases. The twelve-week course also lays the foundation and provides all the basic knowledge that will help the students proceed further with research in the same field. The certification course will thus be making all the necessary provisions for the applicant to study the mechanism of induced breeding management and formulate strategies that will help in the preservation and protection of fish culture.

The Computer Networks online course details the basic concepts of computer networks. It deals with concepts line- the role of seven OSI layer, uses of computer network, advanced networking, protocols, network standards, mobile phone networks, and other topics pertaining to mobile networking.

At the end of the programme on Computer Networks by Swayam the students will thus have their fundamental concepts in computer networks cleared and also enhanced. Since the course type is modeled as elective it will be helping the students learn skills at the undergraduate level. The online certification course will thus be emphasizing more on the subject of computer science and engineering.

The course will be recognised by the government of India and will be conducted under the aegis of the HRD Ministry.  After completing the programme the students will learn about audio input and output. They will also become efficient more in the provision of network hardware systems.

The Thermodynamics programme offers the candidate in-depth knowledge of thermodynamics and the first and second laws of thermodynamics in detail. The course will deal with the topics like state and concepts and definitions with the system, boundary, and steady-state. The course covers topics like conservation of mass for open and closed systems and thermodynamics of engineered equipment. 

The programme also offers the candidate a proper understanding of psychrometry and its applications and the conditioning of humidification, cooling towers, evaporative cooling, air, and applications air conditioning, etc. The Thermodynamics training course also deals with the equivalence ratio and stoichiometry. 

The Thermodynamics online course instructor is a well-experienced faculty member of IIT Delhi professor S. R. Kale to guide the candidate. The course is free of cost and candidates will be provided with an E-certificate after qualifying the certification criteria. The candidate can access the course at their time requirements. It is an online course by Swayam. The certificate will be having the logos of IIT Madras and NPTEL.

Advanced Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics programme is an online course by Swayam, which is an AICTE approved faculty development programme or FDP. It will be taught by Prof Arijit Kumar De from IISER Mohali for a period of twelve weeks. The course will involve online lectures, assignments, and a final exam.  

Advanced Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics certification course will cover a wide range of topics in macroscopic and statistical thermodynamics and kinetics. It will explain a number of physicochemical phenomena. As it is not a beginner level course, candidates who want to enrol in the programme are encouraged to gain a basic level understanding of thermodynamics. 

Advanced Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics provides a list of books and references which can be used to follow the course material better. While every other part of the course is online, the final exam will be held at various pre-designated centres in different cities for the participants’ convenience.

The Advanced Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulations course by SWAYAM is a 12-week-long online program designed to teach postgraduate-level advanced thermodynamics concepts. It is a two-part program developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee which follows a Physics-based treatment of thermodynamics. Additionally, students will learn about molecular simulation techniques in great detail.

The Advanced Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulations online course aim to develop a statistical mechanics framework of thermodynamics concepts learned at the undergraduate level. Learners will gain a molecular-level understanding of the thermodynamics principles. The program will also teach some advanced free energy calculation techniques. 

The Advanced Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulations certification course are an AICTE approved Faculty Development Programme (FDP). Simulations methods such as molecular dynamics simulation and Monte Carlo simulation methods, which are used to find the equation of the states will be discussed thoroughly. The course is relevant in the context of FMCG, Oil, Pharmaceutical, and Chemical industries.

The Advanced Thermodynamics online program is developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. The course aims to impart high-quality knowledge on advanced concepts in Thermodynamics such as fugacity of solids and liquids, intermolecular forces between nonpolar and polar molecules, virial coefficients, Raoult’s law, Gibbs energy, thermodynamic consistency, NRTL equation, phase behavior of solid solutions, etc.

There are many cases of liquid-liquid, solid-liquid, vapor-liquid, and vapor-liquid-liquid equilibria in chemical engineering procedures. Assumptions of binary systems and ideal behavior are used to approach these cases; however, multi-component mixtures and non-ideality prevail in actuality. So, the Advanced Thermodynamics online course provides a step-wise understanding of the thermodynamics characteristics to deal with such equilibrium cases.

The Advanced Thermodynamics certification course is an FDP (Faculty Development Programme) approved by the AICTE. This 12-weeks-long online program is designed to help you learn the methods of solving problems connected to non-ideality in LLE, SLE, VLE, and VLLE for multi-component mixtures.

Thermodynamics for Biological Systems: Classical and Statistical Aspect certification course offers the aspirants firm learning on the different relevant principles of thermodynamics. The different principles, properties, and differences in this thermodynamics have been illustrated with relevant examples.

The topics have been jotted down keeping in view of all the latest demands and topics under this field. The candidates can enjoy the learning any time during the course, as they will be able to access the materials throughout the time when they have taken the course and understood it well.

The Thermodynamics for Biological Systems: Classical and Statistical Aspect certification syllabus will help candidates learn all the terminologies in a simpler way. The industry exposure for the students has been given the utmost importance by the experts. Modules have been designed with proper time break so that the candidates have enough time to have their hands on the different learning attributes.

The Thermodynamics engineering course at edX is designed to teach basic concepts of thermodynamics to mechanical engineering students or learners who are curious about the topic. It will acquaint you with important ideas and terms related to thermodynamics along with their precise definitions. You will also study the properties of materials and derive several practical relations.

The edX Thermodynamics online course focuses on problem-solving as you will have to spend substantial effort on solving assignments. You will learn the three laws of thermodynamics – first, zeroth, and second law, thoroughly. You will explore topics such as work interaction and equations of state in detail.

Furthermore, you will learn energy transfer according to the classification of heat type and work type through the Thermodynamics program. The core concepts at the heart of thermodynamics, namely heat, entropy, and temperature are included in the course. Other topics covered include open thermodynamic systems, properties of liquids and gases, and relations between properties. It is a program developed by IIT Bombay and has a self-directed learning model.

Thermodynamics today has emerged practically as one of the most important branches of physics as it deals with the conversion of energy into heat and is the solution to various engineering problems. It was originally introduced during the 19th century when the  Industrial Revolution was at its peak, and today we can detect thermodynamics in engines, generating electricity, riding a bike, and even moving an aeroplane. 

Not just these, Thermodynamics today is part of major industries like iron and steel, power generation, food processing, air conditioning, refrigerators. Swayam Concepts of Thermodynamics Certification Course is designed to make learners understand the concept of how heat and work interact for various systems. 

It contains audio-visual themed material through which students can thoroughly understand the concepts of thermodynamics. This also comes with practice tests so students can keep track of their progress. 

The best part of this course is the online forum created where students can clear their doubts from the top-notch faculty members. The course is intended for b.tech undergraduates and teachers of undergraduate thermodynamics. 

This is an undergraduate level mechanical engineering course. This course is made to make sure students learn and also get the best possible practical knowledge to understand the concepts and application of thermodynamics.

The Basic thermodynamics: Classical and Statistical Approaches certification course will be helping the candidates to learn everything about quantum mechanics. This topic mostly covers everything about entropy, and when we talk about thermodynamics it is all about entropy. The main objective of this thermodynamics course is to demystification the enigma of entropy. 

The course will help candidates have strong learning which can be implemented in the labs as well. Thermochemistry is one such area where candidates find it difficult to learn, the experts have given this topic special empathetic and will be helping out the candidates.

The Basic thermodynamics: Classical and Statistical Approaches training also has an add-on benefit of the certificate. The certificate will be given to the candidates who clear the end term exam with a 75% of score. The experts taking the sessions have good knowledge and are experienced in this particular domain. Discussion forums are present in every module so that the candidates can clear out their doubts.

This Modelling And Analytics For Supply Chain Management Online Course centers around the utilization of logical strategies for deciding effective solutions for issues related to supply networks thinking about the limitations of demand and supply. The course focuses on the utilization of advanced procedures for limit allotment and assessment of production network plan choices under vulnerability and facility location.

The destination of the Modelling And Analytics For Supply Chain Management Training course is to comprehend the idea of supply networks, the objective of supply networks, and clarify the effect of supply chain choices with respect to the achievement of a firm. The course will provide the candidate in-depth knowledge about the concept of safety stock within inventory management under uncertainty.

The Modelling And Analytics For Supply Chain Management Programme will have two instructors  Prof. Anupam Ghosh and  Prof. Kunal Kanti Ghosh a faculty member of IIT Kharagpur. They will deliver the lectures and be a mentor to the students. The programme offered by Swayam is completely free to pursue.

The course of Demands and Supply Analytics is provided by edX and is associated with Columbia University. This course is of intermediate level of difficulty, requiring only 8 to 10 hours of weekly effort to complete the study materials successfully. The course will be extended for a duration of 12 weeks where all the required topics will be covered to turn the candidates into a confident professional. 

The course aims to make sure that the candidates gain fundamental knowledge about data usage, develop insights and capabilities to predict the issues and problems in the administration to make better business decisions. Candidates will gain the answers to varied but frequent questions arising in the field and they will manage to carry out several risks such as having a large amount of inventory in hand, turning customers down, etc. They will be able to overcome the challenges of operation and pricing by making use of different statistical tools.