Engineering economic analysis / Donald G Newnan, Ted G. Eschenbach and Jerome P. Lavelle

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Making economic decisions -- Engineering costs and cost estimating -- Interest and equivalence -- Equivalence for repeated cash flows -- Present worth analysis -- Annual cash flow analysis -- Rate of return analysis -- Choosing the best alternative -- Other analysis techniques -- Uncertainty in future events -- Depreciation -- Income taxes -- Replacement analysis -- Inflation and price change -- Selection of a minimum attractive rate of return -- Economic analysis in the public sector -- Accounting and engineering economy.

Offers comprehensive coverage of financial and economic desicion-making for engineers, with an emphasis on problem solving, life-cycle costs, and the time value of money.