Engineering Economics of Life Cycle Cost Analysis (Paperback, 1)

1. Overview of Systems Life Cycle Costing. Section: 1. The Mathematics of Engineering Economy. 2. The Science of Engineering Economics: Understanding the Time Value of Money. 3. Advanced Economic Analysis of Alternatives. 4. The Basic Theory of Interest. 5. Simulation-Based Costing. 6. Life Cycle Framework and Techniques.Section: 2. Estimation of complex Systems. 7. Costing of Complex Systems. 8. Software-Intensive Systems. 9. Cost Estimating Techniques. Section: 3. Cost Management. 10. Costing and Managing Off-the-Shelf Systems. 11. Project Management’s Role in Life Cycle Costing. 12. Use of Cost Metrics and Ratios. Appendix. Interest Factors.