Engineering economy / William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, James T. Luxhoj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, William G., 1942-

Contributor:

Wicks, Elin M.

Luxhoj, James T.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering economy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 720 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Twelfth edition.

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, [2003]

Summary:

Used by over 500,000 readers, this best-selling volume provides a sound understanding of the principles, basic concepts, and methodology of engineering economy. Built upon the rich and time-tested teaching materials of earlier editions, it is extensively revised and updated to reflect current trends and issues, with an emphasis on the economics of engineering design throughout. The volume provides one of the most complete and up-to-date studies of engineering economy, cost concepts and design economics, money-time relationships and equivalence, applications of money-time relationships, comparing alternatives, depreciation and income taxes, cost estimation techniques, price changes and exchange rates, replacement analysis, dealing with uncertainty, evaluating projects with the benefit/cost ratio method, investor-owned utilities, probabilistic risk analysis and multiattributed decisions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-694) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0130673382

OCLC:

48691438