Fundamentals of Engineering Economics
ISBN: 9780132209601 | 0132209608
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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For Engineering Economics courses, found in departments of Industrial, Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering.From the author of the best-selling Contemporary Engineering Economics text, Fundamentals of Engineering Economics offers a concise, but in-depth coverage of all fundamental topics of Engineering Economics.
From the author of the best-sellingContemporary Engineering Economicsbook,Fundamentals of Engineering Economicsoffers concise, but in-depth coverage of all fundamental topics of Engineering Econom... MORE
From the author of the best-sellingContemporary Engineering Economicsbook,Fundamentals of Engineering Economicsoffers concise, but in-depth coverage of all fundamental topics of Engineering Econom... MORE
| Understanding Money and its Management | p. 1 |
| Engineering Economic Decisions | p. 2 |
| The Rational-Decision-Making Process | p. 4 |
| How Do We Make Typical Personal Decisions? | p. 4 |
| How Do We Approach an Engineering Design Problem? | p. 7 |
| What Makes Economic Decisions Different from Other Design Decisions? | p. 10 |
| The Engineer's Role in Business | p. 10 |
| Making Capital-Expendi... MORE | p. 10 |
| Large-Scale Engineering Economic Decisions | p. 11 |
| Impact of Engineering Projects on Financial Statements | p. 13 |
| Types of Strategic Engineering Economic Decisions | p. 14 |
| Fundamental Principles in Engineering Economics | p. 18 |
| Summary | p. 19 |
| Time Value of Money | p. 20 |
| Interest: The Cost of Money | p. 22 |
| The Time Value of Money | p. 22 |
| Elements of Transactions Involving Interest | p. 24 |
| Methods of Calculating Interest | p. 26 |
| Economic Equivalence | p. 28 |
| Definition and Simple Calculations | p. 28 |
| Equivalence Calculations Require a Common Time | |
| Basis for Comparison | p. 31 |
| Interest Formulas for Single Cash Flows | p. 33 |
| Compound-Amount Factor | p. 33 |
| Present-Worth Factor | p. 35 |
| Solving for Time and Interest Rates | p. 38 |
| Uneven-Payment Series | p. 40 |
| Equal-Payment Series | p. 42 |
| Compound-Amount Factor: Find F, Given A, i, and N | p. 43 |
| Sinking-Fund Factor: Find A, Given F, i, and N | p. 47 |
| Capital-Recovery Factor (Annuity Factor): Find A, Given P, i and N | p. 49 |
| Present-Worth Factor: Find P, Given A, i, and N | p. 52 |
| Present Value of Perpetuities | p. 57 |
| Dealing with Gradient Series | p. 57 |
| Handling Linear Gradient Series | p. 58 |
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