Synopses & Reviews
The ideal text for undergraduate engineering economy courses.This tenth edition of the market-leading Engineering Economic Analysis offers comprehensive coverage of financial and economic decision-making for engineers, with an emphasis on problem solving, life-cycle costs, and the time value of money. The authors' concise, accessible writing, practical emphasis, and contemporary examples linked to students' everyday lives make this text the most popular among students. And with the most extensive support package, this is the easiest book to teach from. Visit the companion website at http://www.oup.com/us/newnan10.
Review
"Easy to understand; easy to teach."-Utpal Roy, Syracuse University
"It is the standard."-Bill McManus, University of Oklahoma
"An excellent text...The best available."-Nicholas Sylvester, University of South Alabama
About the Author
Donald G. Newnan is an Emeritus Professor at San Jose State University.
Jerome P. Lavelle is Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering and Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University.
Ted G. Eschenbach is a consultant and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Management at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Table of Contents
1. Making Economic Decisions
2. Engineering Costs and Cost Estimating
3. Interest and Equivalence
4. More Interest Formulas
5. Present Worth Analysis
6. Annual Cash Flow Analysis
7. Rate of Return Analysis
8. Choosing the Best Alternative
9. Other Analysis Techniques
10. Uncertainty in Future Events
11. Depreciation
12. Income Taxes
13. Replacement Analysis
14. Inflation and Price Change
15. Selection of a Minimum Attractive Rate of Return
16. Economic Analysis in the Public Sector
17. Accounting and Engineering Economy
Appendix A: Introduction to Spreadsheets
Appendix B: Compound Interest Tables
Appendix C: Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination Problems