TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eschenbach,Ted G.
TI  - Engineering economy: applying theory to practice 
SN  - 0195161521 (alk. paper)
U1  - 658.15 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Engineering economy
N1  - Content 
1. Making economic decisions
1.1 What is engineering economy
1.2 Principles for decision making.
1.3 The decision-making process.
etc.

the time value on money 
2.1 What is interest 
2.2 Simple vs compound interest 
2.3 Cash flow diagrams.
etc 

3 Equivalence - a factor approach 
3.1 Definition and assumption 
3.2 Tables of engineering economy factors 
3.3 Single payment factors
etc.

4  Spreadsheet and economic analysis 
4.1 Using spreadsheets for economic analysis
4.2 Spreadsheet modelling 
4.3 Financial show spreadsheets
etc

5 Present worth 
5.1 The PW measure 
5.2 Examples of when to use PW.
5.3 Rolling back irregular cash flows for PW calculations 
etc

6 Equivalent annual worth 
6.1 The equivalent annual worth measure
6.2 Assumptions and sign conventions.
6.3 Examples of annual evaluation.
etc.

7 Internal rate of return
7.1 Internal rate of  return
7.2 Assumptions.
7.3 Finding the IRR
etc.

8. Benefits/cost ratios and other measure.
8.1 Measures of economic attractiveness 
8.2 Benefit/cost ration
8.3 PW Indexes.
8.4 Future worth.
etc.

9. Mutually exclusive alternatives
9.1 Applying engineering to engineering design 
9.2 Key assumption is the interest rate or minimum attractive
9.3 Comparing alternatives with lives of the same length 
etc.

10 Replacement analysis 
10.1 Why is equipment replaced, or augmented.
10.2 Old and new are mutually exclusive.
10.3 Sunk costs, and short-term cost savings.
etc.

11. Constrained project selection.
11.1 The constrained project selection problem.
11.2 Raking projects 
11.3 Determining the minimum attractive rate of return using the opportunity cost of capital.
etc.

12. Depreciation 
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Basic depreciation methods.
12,3 Accelerated cost recovery 
etc.

13  Income tax.
13.1 Principles of income taxes.
13.2 Progressive marginal tax rates.
13.3 Finding taxable income when including depreciation 
etc.

 14 Public sector engineering economy 
14.1 Defining benefits, disbenefits, and costs 
14.2 Why are public sector problems difficult.
14.3 Correct methods and interest rates.
etc.

15.Inflation 
15.1Defiliation and measuring inflation and deflation 
15.2 Consistent assumptions for interest rates and cash flow estimates.
15.3 Solving for PW or EAC when including inflation 
etc.

16 Estimating cash flows.
16.1 Introduction 
16.2 Cash flow estimating and life cycles stages.
16.3 Cash flow estimating standards 
etc.

17 Sensitivity analysis 
17.1 What is sensitivity analysis 
17.2 Uncertain data and its impact.
17.3 Techniques for sensitivity analysis 
etc.
18 Uncertainty and probability 
18.1 Probability 
18.2 Computing expected values.
18.3 Choosing alternatives using expected values. 
etc.
19 Multiple objectives.
19.1 Multiple attributes 
19.2 Process of evaluating multiple objectives 
19.3. Identifying the attributes 
etc









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