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Economic Decision Analysis in Engineering - GSOE9830
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: www.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Project initiation and development, review of practical decision-making problems and relevant techniques, benefit/cost analysis, time value of money, Nominal and effective interest rate, calculation involving multiple interest formulae, internal rate of return, payback period method, comparisons of alternative investments, depreciation methods, income tax consideration, inflation, replacement analysis, sensitivity analysis, life-cycle costing, economic analysis of projects.

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