Abol Ardalan

Economic and Financial Analysis for Engineering and Project Management (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Economic and Financial Analysis for Engineering and Project Management is for engineers and others who must analyze the financial and economic ramifications of producing and sustaining capital projects. Unlike other books in the field, it offers straightforward and lucid explanations of all main formulas needed to carry out financial analyses. The

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 221
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040215128
• Artikelnr.: 73302316

Autorenporträt

Ardalan, Abol

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Financial Analysis & Choice of Alternatives Chapter 1: Introduction
Cost and Benefits o Importance of Time (Time Value of Money) o Interest
Rate o Continuous Compounding of Interest o Effective Rate of Interest o
Nominal Interest Rate o Equivalence o Cash Flow Diagram o Importance of
Cash Flow Diagram o The Process of Decision Making o Financial Analysis
Methods o Derivation of Formulae: Problems Chapter 2: Present Worth Present
Value (PV) o Net Present Worth o Present Value of Uniform Annual Series o
Present Value of Series with Arithmetic Gradient o Multiple Alternatives
and Equalizing Lives o Exclusivity: Problems Chapter 3: Future Worth Future
Value (FV) o Future Value of Uniform Annual Series o Multiple Alternatives
o Problems Chapter 4: Annual Worth Annual Worth & Equivalent Uniform Annual
Worth o Important Point o EUAW Spreadsheet o Annual Worth of Arithmetic
Gradiant Series o Problems Chapter 5: Rate of Return Rate of Return o
Multiple Alternatives and Incremental Analysis o Multiple Rate of Returns o
Problems Chapter 6: Benefit-Cost Ratio Analysis Benefit Cost Ratio o
Equalizing Lives and Incremental Analysis o Payback o Multiple
Alternatives: Problems Chapter 7: Inflation and Its Effect on Financial
Analysis Inflation and Purchasing Power o Inflation and Interest Rate
Combined o Inflation Adjusted Discount Rate: Deflation o General Inflation
Indices o Problems Chapter 8: Tax and Depreciation Effects of Income Tax o
Depreciation, Book Value, and Capital Gain o Straight Line Depreciation o
Double Declining Balance Depreciation (DDB) o Modified Accelerated Cost
Recovery System Depreciation o Sum of the Years Digit Depreciation (SOYD) o
Change of Depreciation Method o Amortization and Depletion o Financial
Analysis with Tax and Depreciation o A Comprehensive Example o Problems
Chapter 9: General Comments on Financial Analysis and Problem Solving
Applicability of Different Methods o Financial Structure of an Investment o
General Structure of Problems o Extra Problems Part 2: Life-Cycle Worth
(LCW) Chapter 10: Background and Definitions Background o Life o System
Life o Physical Life o Technological Life o Economic Life o Life of
Interest and Planning Horizon o Phases of the Life-Time o Phase 1-Concept
Formation o Phase 2-Conceptual Design & Development o Phase 3-
Design/Engineering, Prototyping & Test o Phase 4-Manufacturing, Test,
Packaging and Delivery o Phase 5-Installation, Operation, and Maintenance o
Phase 6-Removal, Salvage, or Resale o Concurrent Engineering o Problems
Chapter 11: Life-Time Estimation and Calculation Life-Time Cash Flow
Diagram o Work Breakdown & Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) o Life-Time Worth
Calculation o Generic WBS o*Life-Time Cost Estimation o Parametric
Estimation o Comparative Estimation o Engineering Estimation o Combination
of the Estimating Methods o Estimation Accuracy o Universal Ratios o
Problems Chapter 12: Software Systems Development and Estimations
Introduction o Software Development Process o Requirements Analysis o
Preliminary Design o Detailed Design o Implementation o System Test and
Acceptance o Software Estimation o Anion-Ardalan Estimation Curve Part 3:
Replacement and Retirement Chapter 13: Introduction and Definitions
Introduction o Retirement o Opportunity Cost o Replacement o Problems
Chapter 14 Replacement Decision Making o Replacement Philosophy o Economic
Life and Continuous Replacement o Computerized Determination of the
Economic Life o Depreciation & Tax Effects on Replacement o*Replacement
Process oMore about Replacement o Prior Knowledge of Replacement Time o
Problems Appendix 1: Proof of the Formulae Appendix 2: Interest Tables
Index