A metamodel approach to sensitivity analysis of capital project valuation

Engineering Economist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-24

  Sartori, David E ^a   Smith, Alice E ^b  

^a PPG Industries ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL BUDGETING; ENGINEERING ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT; META-MODEL APPROACH; MULTIPLE FACTORS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS; STATISTICAL EXPERIMENTS;

BUDGET CONTROL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0004910139     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137919708903187     Document Type: Article

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