Principles of Engineering Economy Revised EditionPDF电子书下载

PART Ⅰ－Planning Economy Studies to Solve Engineering Problems 1

CHAPTER 1 ＂HUNCH＂DECISIONS ARE DANGEROUS 3

CHAPTER 2 BUSINESS DECISIONS ARE BETWEEN ALTERNATIVES 15

CHAPTER 3 A PATTERN FOR ENGINEERING ECONOMY STUDIES 25

PART Ⅱ－Interest－The Time Element in Economy 37

CHAPTER 4 EQUIVALENCE 39

CHAPTER 5 INTEREST FORMULAS 46

CHAPTER 6 SOLVING INTEREST PROBLEMS 56

CHAPTER 7 WHY INTEREST？ 71

CHAPTER 8 CAPITAL RECOVERY WITH A RETURN AS AN ELEMENT IN ANNUAL COST 83

CHAPTER 9 PRESENT WORTH；CAPITALIZED COST 93

CHAPTER 10 CALCULATING A PROSPECTIVE RATE OF RETURN 107

PART Ⅲ－Techniques for Economy Studies 119

CHAPTER 11 ECONOMY STUDIES FOR A PROPOSED NEW ENTERPRISE 121

CHAPTER 12 THE INFLUENCE ON ECONOMY STUDIES OF SOURCES OF INVESTMENT FUNDS 148

CHAPTER 13 COMPARING ALTERNATIVES IN A GOING CONCERN－INCREMENT COSTS AND SUNK COSTS 162

CHAPTER 14 WILL IT PAY TO REPLACE A MACHINE OR STRUCTURE？THEORETICAL ASPECTS 182

CHAPTER 15 WILL IT PAY TO REPLACE A MACHINE OR STRUCTURE？PRACTICAL ASPECTS 202

CHAPTER 16 DEPRECIATION 222

CHAPTER 17 BREAK-EVEN POINTS AND MINIMUM-COST POINTS－FORMULAS FOR ECONOMY 255

CHAPTER 18 CAPACITY AND LOAD FACTOR OF MACHINE OR PLANT；THEIR RELATION TO COST AND PRICE 227

CHAPTER 19 PLANNING FOR GROWTH；IMMEDIATE VERSUS DEFERRED INVESTMENTS 300

CHAPTER 20 ECONOMY STUDIES FOR PUBLIC WORKS 324

PART Ⅳ－Getting Results from Economy Studies 351

CHAPTER 21 OBSTACLES TO ECONOMY IN INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISES 353

CHAPTER 22 OBSTACLES TO ECONOMY FROM THE SOCIAL VIEWPOINT 366

CHAPTER 23 ENGINEERING REPORTS AND BUDGETS 379

Appendices 387

A－NOTES ON THE TECHNIQUE OF ESTIMATING COSTS 389

B－INTEREST TABLES 406

C－SELECTED REFERENCES 419

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