Improving the lifecycle performance of engineering projects with flexible strategies: Example of on-shore LNG production design

Systems Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 253-268

  Cardin, Michel Alexandre ^a   Ranjbar Bourani, Mehdi ^a   De Neufville, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

design flexibility; economies of scale; learning; LNG; project valuation; real options

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; LEARNING; PROJECT VALUATION; REAL OPTIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84929511627     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21301     Document Type: Article

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