Virginia Tech
A life cycle cost based methodology for choosing among design alternatives
Abstract
dc:description.abstractA life cycle cost based methodology for choosing among mutually exclusive design alternatives is presented in this study. The methodology places emphasis on the iterative nature of the design process. That is, choosing among design alternatives involves the pairwise comparison of the current design iteration to a "baseline" design. An Equivalent Cost Function provides the cause-effect framework on which the methodology is based. In generating a design alternative, the designer alters design features (cause). These features manifest themselves as design dependent parameters (effect), and for each set of such values, optimal values of design variables are sought. This design development process occurs in the face of design independent parameters, with the final result being a value of equivalent life cycle cost.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1988
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Brewer, Larry Arthur
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Fabrycky, Wolter J.
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Freeman, H. JoAnne
- Tew, Jeffrey D.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-04272010-020321
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/42337