Engineering economy
By: Leland Blank, Anthony Tarquin
Contributors: Tarquin, Anthony
Edition: 6th, Int'l ed.
Series: McGraw-Hill series in industrial engineering and management science; McGraw-Hill series in industrial engineering and management science
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 770
ISBN-13: 9780071274500
Subjects: Engineering economy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [725]-726) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Foundations of engineering economy; title: 2. Factors: how time and interest affect money; title: 3. Combining factors; title: 4. Nominal and effective interest rates; title: 5. Present worth analysis; title: 6. Annual worth analysis; title: 7. Rate of return analysis: single alternative; title: 8. Rate of return analysis: multiple alternatives; title: 9. Benefit/cost analysis and public sector economics; title: 10. Making choices: the method, MARR, and multiple attributes; title: 11. Replacement and retention decisions; title: 12. Selection from independent projects under budget limitation; title: 13. Breakeven analysis; title: 14. Effects of inflation; title: 15. Cost estimation and indirect cost allocation; title: 16. Depreciation methods; title: 17. After-tax economic analysis; title: 18. Formalized sensitivity analysis and expected value decisions; title: 19. More on variation and decision making under risk.