Study guide for engineering economics analysis /
Ed Wheeler, Neal A. Lewis and Ted G. Eschenback
- Fourteenth Edition
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2019
- viii, 212 pages ; 24 cm.
Foreword -- Formulas -- 1. Making Economic Decisions -- 2. Estimating Engineering Costs and Benefits -- 3. Interest and Equivalence -- 4. Equivalence for repeated cash flows -- 5. Present Worth Analysis -- 6. Annual Cash Flow analysis -- 7. Rate of return analysis -- 7A. Difficulties in Solving for an Interest Rate -- 8. Choosing the best Alternative -- 9. Other Analysis Techniques -- 9A. Investing for Retirement and other future needs -- 10. Uncertainty in Future Events -- 10A. Diversification Reduces Risk -- 11. Depreciation -- 12. Income Taxes for Corporations -- 12A. Taxes and personal financial decision making -- 13. Economic Life and Replacement Analysis -- 14. Inflation -- 15. Selection of a Minimum Attractive Rate of Return -- 16. Economic Analysis in the Public Sector. -- 17. Accounting and Engineering Economy -- Appendix B. Time Value of Money Calculations Using spreadsheets and calculators -- Appendix: Compound Interest Tables.
Engineering economics is learned by solving problems, not by reading how to solve problems.