"The present book explains MDR in contact mechanics and friction with quality and innovation in 16 chapters and four appendices. This book can be used in final undergraduate engineering courses (for example, mechanical, materials, and physics) or as a subject on contact mechanics and friction at the postgraduate level. Also, this book can serve as a useful reference for academics, researchers, mechanical, materials and physics engineers, as well as, professionals in related industries with contact mechanics and friction." (International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering, Vol. 10 (6), 2016) "This book describes an interesting method of dimensionality reduction in frictional contact problems. ... The methods explained in the book are simple, elegant and can be efficiently employed in numerical simulation. The book can be used as a textbook at the graduate level and as an introduction into new methods in contact mechanics for practicing engineers." (Prabhat Kumar Mahanti, zbMATH 1314.74004, 2015)