Unit cost estimation methodology for commercial aircraft

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1377-1386

  Tirovolis, Nikolaos L ^a,b   Serghides, Varnavas C ^a,b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Aeronautics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT SEATS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFTS; COST DATA; COST ESTIMATION; TECHNICAL COSTS;

JET AIRCRAFT;

EID: 29544443153     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.12491     Document Type: Article

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