<p>Changes in production processes reflect the technological advances permeatΒ ing our products and services. U. S. industry is modernizing and automating. In parallel, direct labor is fading as the primary cost driver while engineering and technology related cost elements loom ever larger. Traditio
Cost Estimating and Analysis: Balancing Technology and Declining Budgets
β Scribed by O. Douglas Moses (auth.), Thomas R. Gulledge, William P. Hutzler, Joan S. Lovelace (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 290
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Cost analysis and estimating is a vital part of the running of all organizations, both commercial and government. This volume comprises the proceedings of the 1992 conference of the Society for Cost Estimating and Analysis. Individual chapters are written by experts in their respective fields. Consequently, the volume as a whole provides an invaluable and up-to-date survey of the field.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Learning Curve and Rate Adjustment Models: An Investigation of Bias....Pages 3-38
The Production Rate Impact Model: IRATE....Pages 39-49
A Bang-Bang Approximation to the Solution of a Learning Augmented Planning Model....Pages 51-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
The Software Development Effort Estimation Exponent: An Effort Estimation Model Accounting for Learning and Integration....Pages 63-81
Software Cost Estimating Models: A Calibration, Validation, and Comparison....Pages 83-101
Cost Estimating for Automated Information Systems....Pages 103-110
The Complete COCOMO Model: Basic, Intermediate, Detailed, and Incremental Versions for the Original, Enhanced, Ada, and Ada Process Models of COCOMO....Pages 111-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Calculating the Cost Savings From Reducing Military Force Structure: How to Formulate the Cost Problem....Pages 153-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Cost Analysis of Prototyping Major Weapons Systems....Pages 177-184
Cost Estimating Relations for Space-Based Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications Systems....Pages 185-205
A Review of Estimate at Completion Research....Pages 207-224
A CER Approach to Estimating Aircraft Integration Costs....Pages 225-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Integrating Cost Analysis and Production System Analysis Using Rapid Modeling Technology....Pages 245-262
Policy Formation for National Industries: The Use of Non-Linear Programming Allocation of Joint Costs....Pages 263-270
Conceptual Model of an Activity-Based Cost Management System....Pages 271-281
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Sensitivity Analysis Using Discrete Simulation Models....Pages 285-297
β¦ Subjects
Accounting/Auditing
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