Engineering Economy - Hardcover

William G. Sullivan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130673382 ISBN 13: 9780130673381

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

New edition provides exciting insights and thought-provoking inquiries into the principles, concepts, and techniques of engineering economy. Previous edition c2000.

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Is the design/device technically feasible? What does it cost/will it pay for itself? Practicing engineers are routinely faced with these crucially important questions. To answer the first question, engineers draw upon their technical skills, which have been carefully honed through courses in engineering science/design as well as by professional experience. The second question is often more difficult for engineers to answer affirmatively. This may be true because economic principles were addressed only as an afterthought in their engineering coursework, or possibly not at all! Those students who were fortunate enough to have taken a course in engineering economy have little difficulty answering the "Will it pay...?" question, which is frequently just as important a question as "Will it work?" This statement strikes many engineering students as unbelievable; yet later on, their professional careers will be significantly affected by their ability to deal competently with the economic aspects of engineering.

This twelfth edition of Engineering Economy provides exciting insights and thought-provoking inquiries into the principles, concepts, and techniques of engineering economy. The primary audience for this text is undergraduate students in engineering. As in previous editions, the twelfth edition reflects current theory and practice in the file of engineering economy by way of comprehensive and lucid content. In this edition an attempt has been made to demonstrate how the analysis of alternatives and the ability to earn an adequate return on capital investments are related to the well-being of flourishing and profitable enterprises.

New Features in Engineering Economy, 12e:

• A new Chapter 15 dealing with multiattibuted decision making
• Expanded coverage of cost estimating in Chapter 7
• Economic principles of engineering design now included in Chapter 2
• A completely rewritten Chapter 9 on Replacement Analysis
• Internet Boxes, which direct students to additional information on the internet

The companion website has been updated.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130673382
• ISBN 13: 9780130673381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 675