- Author
- Watts, J. M., Jr. | Chapman, R. E.
- Title
- Engineering Economics.
- Coporate
- Fire Safety Institute, Middlebury, VT National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NFPA HFPE08,
- Book or Conf
- SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 4th Edition. Section 5. Chapter 7, DiNenno, P. J.; Drysdale, D.; Beyler, C. L.; Walton, W. D.; Custer, R. L. P.; Hall, J. R., Jr.; Watts, J. M., Jr., Editors, 5/129-145 p., 2008
- Keywords
- fire protection | fire protection engineering | handbooks | economic factors | economic models | computation | costs | equations | cost benefit analysis | cost benefit ratios | uncertainty | standards | cost effectiveness | Monte Carlo method | factors
- Identifiers
- cash-flow concepts; time value of money; cash-flow diagrams; interest factors; compound amount factor; continuous interest; software tools for interest calculations; estimated cost data; comparison of alternatives by annual cost; use of benefit-cost analyses in strategy selection; dealing with extreme events; summary of data center case study; symbols and definitions of economic parameters; functional forms of compound interest factors; interest tables