Richard De Neufville

Applied Systems Analysis: Engineering Planning and Technology Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This senior- to graduate-level text provides a comprehensive introduction to applied systems analysis, emphasizing engineering economics and operations research from the engineer's point of view. It incorporates techniques and concepts most often used in practice to help students and practitioners apply systems analysis successfully and productively. The topics of optimization and evaluation are discussed with a special focus on formulating problems correctly, determining the proper analysis method to use, translating the mathematical results into improved design, and identifying optimal strategies in long-term projects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• New
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 1990
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780070163720
• ISBN-10: 0070163723
• Artikelnr.: 24456780

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Inhaltsangabe

Part I: System Optimization
1 Introduction
2 Production Functions
3 Introduction to Constrained Optimization
4 Marginal Analysis
5 Linear Programming
6 Sensitivity Analysis
7 Dynamic Programming
8 Multiobjective Optimization
9 Systems
10 Optimization Procedure
Part II: System Evaluation
11 Introduction
12 Comparison Over Time
13 Choice of Discount Rate
14 Evaluation Criteria
15 Cost Estimation
16 Risk Assessment
17 Decision Analysis
18 Information Gathering
19 Value and Utility Functions
20 Measurement of Utility
21 Multiattribute Utility
22 Collective Decision-Making