TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blank, Leland
AU  - Blank, Lelan
AU  - Tarquin, Anthony
TI  - Engineering economy
SN  - 9781266091797 [paperback]
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - McGraw Hill LLC
N1  - Includes index; Learning stage 1 The fundamentals --Chapter 1 Foundations of engineering economy -- Chapter 2 Factors: how time and interest affect money -- Chapter 3 Combining factors and spreadsheet functions -- Chapter 4 Nominal and effective interest rates -- Learning stage 2 Basic analysis tools -- Chapter 5 Analysis using present worth and future worth values -- Chapter 6 Annual worth analysis -- Chapter 7 Rate of return analysis: one project -- Chapter 8 Rate of return analysis: multiple alternatives -- Chapter 9 Benefit/cost analysis and public sector economics -- Learning stage 3 Marketing better decisions -- Chapter 10 Project financing and noneconomic attributes -- Chapter 11 Replacement and retention decisions -- Chapter 12 Independent projects with budget limitations -- Chapter 13 Breakeven and payback analysis -- Learning stage 4 Rounding out the study -- Chapter 14 Effects of inflation -- Chapter 15 Cost estimation and indirect cost allocation --Chapter 16 Depreciation and depletion methods -- Chapter 17 After-tax economic analysis -- Chapter 18 Sensitivity analysis and staged decisions -- Chapter 19 Decision making under risk; Adult

N2  - "This new edition includes the time-tested approach and topics of previous editions and introduces significantly new print and electronic features useful to learning about and successfully applying the exciting field of engineering economics. Money makes a huge difference in the life of a corporation, an individual, and a government. Learning to understand, analyze, and manage the money side of any project is vital to its success. To be professionally successful, every engineer must be able to deal with the time value of money, economic facts, inflation, cost estimation, tax considerations, as well as spreadsheet and calculator use. This book is a great help to the learner and the instructor in accomplishing these goals by using easy-to-understand language, simple graphics, and online features"-- Provided by publisher
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