Description
This text covers the basic techniques and applications of engineering economy for all disciplines in the engineering profession.
The writing style emphasizes brief, crisp coverage of the principle or technique discussed in order to reduce the time taken to present and grasp the essentials.
The objective of the text is to explain and demonstrate the principles and techniques of engineering economic analysis as applied in different fields of engineering. This brief text includes coverage of multiple attribute evaluation for instructors who want to include non-economic dimensions in alternative evaluation and the discussion of risk considerations in the appendix, compared to Blank's comprehensive text, where these topics are discussed in two unique chapters.
Features
Solutions manual, lecture slides, and image library of figures are available online for each chapter with password protection for adopters.
Purpose statement and learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter with outcomes tied to individual sections.
Examples in each section, taken from different engineering disciplines, are maintained from the first edition, plus several new examples to better illustrate current topics and solution approaches.
Spreadsheet and calculator applications are primarily concentrated in a final section of each chapter, allowing incorporation of electronic solutions or omission of this technology, at the discretion of the professor.
Large number of end-of-chapter problems that cover all aspects of the text's material in each section.
Multiple-choice questions for each chapter that are useful in a review for the FE Exam. Alternatively, these problems can be used as additional problems or for review prior to a course exam. These can be easily incorporated into auto-grade systems for online and distance-learning course structures through course management systems such as Blackboard.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Foundations of Engineering Economy Chapter 2 Factors: How Time and Interest Effect Money Chapter 3 Nominal and Effective Interest Rates Chapter 4 Present Worth Analysis Chapter 5 Annual Worth Analysis Chapter 6 Rate of Return Analysis Chapter 7 Benefit/Cost Analysis and Public Sector Projects Chapter 8 Breakeven, Sensitivity and Payback Analysis Chapter 9 Replacement and Retention Decisions Chapter 10 Effects of Inflation Chapter 11 Estimating Costs Chapter 12 Depreciation Methods Chapter 13 After-tax Economic Analysis Chapter 14 Alternative Evaluation Considering Multiple Attributes and Risk
Leland Blank, Emeritus, Texas A&M Univ Anthony Tarquin, UT-El Paso