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| Compound Interest Equations | |
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| Economic Criteria | |
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| Preface | |
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| Making Economic Decisions | |
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| A Sea of ProblemsSimple Problems | |
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| Intermediate Problems | |
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| Complex Problems | |
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| The Role of Engineering Economic Analysis | |
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| Examples of Engineering Economic Analysis | |
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| The Decision-Making Process | |
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| Rational Decision Making | |
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| Recognize Problem | |
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| Define the Goals | |
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| Assemble Relevant | |
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| Data | |
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| Identify Feasible Alternatives | |
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| Select the Criterion | |
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| Construct a Model;Predict Each Alternative''s Outcomes | |
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| Choose the Best Alternative | |
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| Audit theResults | |
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| Engineering Decision Making | |
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| Engineering Costs And Cost Estimating | |
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| Engineering CostsFixed, Variable, Marginal, and Average Costs | |
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| Sunk Costs | |
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| Opportunity Costs | |
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| Recurring and Non-recurring Costs | |
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| Incremental Costs | |
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| Cash Costs versus BookCosts | |
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| Life-cycle CostsCost Estimating | |
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| Types of Estimates | |
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| Difficulties in Estimation | |
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| One-of-a-kind Estimates | |
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| Timeand Effort Available | |
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| Estimator Expertise | |
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| Estimating ModelsPer Unit Model | |
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| Segmenting Model | |
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| Cost Indexes | |
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| Power Sizing Model;Triangulation | |
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| Improvement and the Learning Curve | |
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| Estimating Benefits | |
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| Cash Flow Diagrams | |
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| Categories of Cash Flows | |
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| Drawing a Cash Flow Diagram | |
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| Drawing Cash Flow | |
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| Diagrams with a Spreadsheet | |
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| Interest And Equivalence | |
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| Computing Cash Flows | |
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| Time Value of Money | |
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| Simple Interest | |
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| Repaying a Dept | |
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| Equivalence | |
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| Difference in Repayment Plans | |
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| Equivalence is Dependent on Interest Rate | |
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| Application of Equivalence Calculations | |
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| Single Payment Compound Interest Formulas | |
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| More Interest Formulas | |
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| Uniform Series Compound Interest Formulas | |
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| Relationships Between Compound Interest Factors | |
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| Single Payment | |
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| Uniform Series | |
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| Arithmetic Gradient | |
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| Derivation of Arithmetic Gradient Factors | |
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| Geometric Gradient | |
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| Nominal And Effective Interest | |
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| Continuous Compounding | |
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| Single Payment Interest Factors | |
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| Uniform Payment Series | |
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| Continuous, Uniform | |
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| Cash Flow | |
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| Spreadsheets for Economic Analysis | |
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| Spreadsheet Annuity Functions | |
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| Spreadsheet Block Functions | |
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| Basic Graphin UsingSpreadsheets | |
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| Present Worth Analysis | |
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| Economic Criteria | |
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| Applying Present Worth Techniques | |
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| Useful Lives Equal the Analysis Period | |
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| Net Present Worth | |
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| Useful LivesDifferent from the Analyis Period | |
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| Infinite Analysis Period--Capitalized Cost | |
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| Multiple Alternatives | |
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| Assumptions in Solving Economic Analysis Problems | |
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| End-of-year Convention | |
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| Viewpoint of Economic Analysis Studies | |
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| Sunk Costs | |
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| Borrowed Money Viewpoint | |
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| Effect of Inflation and Deflation | |
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| Income Taxes | |
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| Spreadsheets and Present Worth | |
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| Annual Cash Flow Analysis | |
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| Annual Cash Flow Calculations | |
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| Resolving a Present Cost to an Annual Cost | |
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| Treatment of Salvage Value | |
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| Annual Cash Flow Analysis | |
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| Analysis Period | |
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| Analysis Period Equal to Alternative Lives | |
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| Analysis Period a Common Multiple ofAlternative Lives | |
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| Analysis Period for a Continuing Requirement | |
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| Analysis Period | |
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| Some Other Analysis Period | |
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| Using Spreadsheets to Analyze Loans | |
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| Building an Amortization Schedule | |
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| How Much to Interest? | |
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| How much to Principal? | |
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| Finding the Balance Due on a Loan | |
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| Payoff Debt Sooner by Increasing Payments | |
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| Rate Of Return Analysis | |
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| Internal Rate of Return | |
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| Calculating Rate of Return | |
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| Plot of NPW vs. Interest Rate irRate of Return Analysis | |
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| Analysis Period Spreadsheets and Rate of Return Analysis | |
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| A Difficulties Solving For An Interest Rate | |
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| Converting a Cash Flow to a Mathematical Equation | |
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| Cash Flow Rule of SignsZero Sign Changes | |
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| One Sign Change | |
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| Two or More Sign Changes | |
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| What theDifficulties Mean | |
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| External Interest Rate | |
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| Resolving Multiple Rate of Return Problems | |
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| A Further Look at the theComputation of Rate of Return | |
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| Incremental Analysis | |
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| Graphical Solutions | |
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| Incremental Rate of Return Analysis | |
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| Elements in Incremental Rate of Return Analysis | |
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| Incremental Analysis Where There are Unlimited Alternatives | |
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| Present Worth Analysis With Benefit-Cost Graphs | |
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| Choosing an Analysis Method | |
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| Spreadsheets and Incremental Analysis | |
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| Other Analysis Techniques | |
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| Future Worth Analysis | |
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| Benefit-Cost Ratio Analysis | |
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| Continuous Alternatives | |
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| Payback Period | |
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| Sensitivity and Breakeven Analysis | |
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| Graphing with Spreadsheets for Sensitivity and Breakeven Analysis | |
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| Depreciation | |
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| Basic Aspects of DepreciationDeterio | |