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Klappentext "Recent global anxiety indicates that more focus needs to be directed at economic issues related to industry. Conventional techniques often do not adequately embrace the integrated global factors that affect unique industries! and industry focused computational tools have not been readily available. Until now Computational Economic Analysis for Engineering and Industry presents direct computational tools! techniques! models! and approaches for economic analysis with a specific focus on industrial and engineering processes."--BOOK JACKET. Zusammenfassung Recent global anxiety indicates that more focus needs to be directed at economic issues related to industry. Conventional techniques often do not adequately embrace the integrated global factors that affect unique industries and industry focused computational tools have not been readily available. Until now. Computational Economic Analysis for Engineering and Industry presents direct computational tools, techniques, models, and approaches for economic analysis with a specific focus on industrial and engineering processes.Here are just a few of the topics you'll find:New economic analysis models and techniquesTent-shaped cash flowsIndustrial economic analysisProject-based economic measuresProfit ratio analysisEquity break-even pointUtility based analysisProject-balance analysisCustomized ENGINEA software toolEngineering conversion factorsThe authors supply downloadable software, ENGINEA, that allows you to easily perform the various techniques outlined in the text, such as investment justification, breakeven analysis, and replacement analysis. Providing a high-level presentation of economic analysis of the unique aspects of industrial processes, they integrate mathematical models, optimization, computer analysis, and managerial decision processes. A comprehensive treatment of economic analysis considering the specific needs of industry, the book is a pragmatic alternative to conventional economic analysis books. Inhaltsverzeichnis APPLIED ECONOMIC ANALYSISCost- and Value-Related Definitions Economics of Worker Assignment Economics of Resource Utilization Minimum Annual Revenue Requirement (MARR) Analysis COST CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUESProject Cost EstimationCost Monitoring Project Balance Technique Cost and Schedule Control Systems Criteria Sources of Capital Commercial Loans Bonds and Stocks Interpersonal Loans Foreign Investment Investment BanksMutual Funds Supporting ResourcesActivity-Based CostingCost! Time! and Productivity FormulasPractice Problems for Cost Concepts and Techniques FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSISThe Economic Analysis ProcessSimple and Compound Interest RatesInvestment Life for Multiple Returns Nominal and Effective Interest RatesCash-Flow Patterns and Equivalence Compound Amount FactorPresent Worth Factor Uniform Series Present Worth Factor Uniform Series Capital Recovery Factor Uniform Series Compound Amount Factor Uniform Series Sinking Fund FactorCapitalized Cost FormulaPermanent Investments Formula Arithmetic Gradient Series Increasing Geometric Series Cash Flow Decreasing Geometric Series Cash FlowInternal Rate of ReturnBenefit/cost ratio Simple Payback Period Discounted Payback Period Fixed and Variable Interest Rates Practice Problems for Fundamentals of Economic Analysis ECONOMIC METHODS FOR COMPARING INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES Net Present Value Analysis Annual Value AnalysisInternal Rate of Return Analysis Incremental Analysis Guidelines for Comparison of Alternatives Practice Problems: Comparing Investment Alternatives ASSET REPLACEMENT AND RETENTION ANALYSISConsiderations for Replacement AnalysisTerms of Replacement AnalysisEconomic Service Life (ESL) Replacement Analysis Computation Practice Problems for Replacement and Retention AnalysisDEPRECIATION METHODSTerminology of DepreciationDepreciation Methods Practice Problems: Depreciation Methods Break-even analysisProfit Ratio AnalysisPractice Pro...
