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Computational economic analysis for engineering and industry
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Industry saturation and mounting competition has sparked growing interest in developing economic analysis techniques tailored to industrial and engineering projects. This book provides direct computational tools, techniques, models, and approaches for economic analysis directed specifically at problems encountered in industry.
Applied economic analysis -- Cost concepts and techniques -- Fundamentals of economic analysis -- Economic methods for comparing investment alternatives -- Asset replacement and retention analysis -- Depreciation methods -- Break-even analysis -- Effects of inflation and taxes -- Advanced cash-flow analysis techniques -- Multiattribute investment analysis and selection -- Budgeting and capital allocation -- The ENGINEA software: a tool for economic evaluation -- Cost benchmarking case study.
Includes bibliographical references and index.