Principles of Engineering Economics with Applications

Covering detailed discussion of fundamental concepts of economics, the textbook commences with comprehensive explanation of theory of consumer behavior, utility maximization and optimal choice, profit function, cost minimization and cost function. The textbook covers methods including present worth method, future worth method, annual worth method, internal rate of return method, explicit re-investment rate of return method and payout method useful for studying economic studies. A chapter on value engineering discusses important topics such as function analysis systems techniques, the value index, value measurement techniques, innovative phase and constraints analysis in depth. It facilitates the understanding of the concepts through illustrations and solved problems. This text is the ideal resource for Indian undergraduate engineering students in the fields of mechanical engineering, computer science and engineering and electronics engineering for a course on engineering economics/engineering economy.

Zahid A. Khan is Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. in 2001 from Jamia Millia Islamia University. His research interest includes optimization of design and manufacturing processes parameters, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and fuzzy modeling and environmental ergonomics. He has published more than 90 articles in journals of national and international repute.

Arshad Noor Siddiquee is Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His research areas are materials structure property correlation, welding engineering, machining and optimization of design and process parameters using fuzzy modeling. He has published more than 75 articles in national and international journals. He served as Assistant Director of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) from 2005–07.

Brajesh Kumar is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad. He has more than 17 years of teaching, training consultancy and research experience. His areas of interest include mathematical economics, business economics, managerial economics, computer applications in economics, research methodology and econometrics. He has published several papers in journals of national and international repute.

Mustufa H. Abidi is a researcher, Industrial Engineering Department, King Saud University. His areas of research include application of virtual reality techniques for sustainable product development, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Micro-Manufacturing, Human-Computer Interaction, additive manufacturing, and Reverse engineering. He has been teaching courses on Design of Experiments, Simulation modeling, Product Design and Development at King Saud University.