Engineering Economic Analysis

Donald G. Newnan is Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at San Jose State University.Ted G. Eschenbach is a consultant and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Management at the University of Alaska Anchorage.Jerome P. Lavelle is Associate Dean in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.

• 1 Making Economic Decisions ; 2 Estimating Engineering Costs and Benefits ; 3 Interest and Equivalence ; 4 Equivalence for Repeated Cash Flows ; 5 Present Worth Analysis ; 6 Annual Cash Flow Analysis ; 7 Rate of Return Analysis ; 8 Choosing the Best Alternative ; 9 Other Analysis Techniques ; 10 Uncertainty in Future Events ; 11 Depreciation and Capital Allowances ; 12 Taxes ; 13 Replacement Analysis ; 14 Inflation and Price Change ; 15 Selection of a Minimum Attractive Rate of Return ; 16 Economic Analysis in the Public Sector ; 17 Accounting and Engineering Economy ; APPENDIX A INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEETS ; APPENDIX B TIME VALUE OF MONEY CALCULATIONS USING SPREADSHEETS ; APPENDIX C COMPOUND INTEREST TABLES