Engineering Economist articles from March 1994

Engineering Economist archives from March 1994

The application of interval analysis to economic decision evaluation of electric energy systems.
March 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION Changes under way in the electric utility industry are presenting new challenges to system planners. Today's planner is responsible for developing reliable and efficient designs that will favorably impact multi-billion-dollar,...

Strategies for electric utility bill reduction when alternative rate structures apply.
March 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION Many non-residential customers of electric utilities may be eligible to have their periodic utility bill amount computed in two or more different ways depending on their energy usage and its pattern. The customer's usage category...

A model for a firm's optimal environmental policy.
March 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION To develop comprehensive environmental policies, firms must consider two primary factors which influence the overall profit function. They must be aware of the current political climate. Regulatory legislation imposes a fixed cost...

Spreadsheets: enhancing learning and application of engineering economy techniques. (Technical Note)
March 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION Successful engineering projects must be both technically and economically feasible. Inadequate economic analysis results in suboptimal decisions which incur costs for an organization and ultimately, its customers. Increased...

Using spreadsheet functions to compute arithmetic gradients. (Technical Note)
March 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION Computerized spreadsheets are available nearly everywhere, and they are quite useful in engineering economy. Many would argue that they are essential to the modern day practice of engineering economy. However, the leading...

Negative risk? a comment on Khan and Fiorino. (response to A. Khan and Donald P. Fiorino, The Engineering Economist, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 145) (Technical Note)
March 22, 1994... In a recent paper in The Engineering Economist A.M. Khan and D.P. Fiorino [2] describe the use of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) as a means of allowing for risk in project selection. They reach the startling result that risky input saving...

Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems.
March 22, 1994... The authors of this book have done an excellent job of presenting a concise, comprehensive, and well-written description of how operations research and simulation are used to address a wide variety of issues in manufacturing system design and...

Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects, 2d ed.
March 22, 1994... This book is not an engineering economy book nor does it contain any chapters or sections devoted to the economic justification of high-technology projects. In fact, this text does not, in any way, address the issue of the time value of money....