The Life Profitability Method (LPM): A financial approach to engineering decisions

Structural Safety

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-20

  Gardoni, Paolo ^a   Guevara Lopez, Fausto ^a   Contento, Alessandro ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial measures; Life Cycle Cost; Life Profitability Method; Optimal decisions

Indexed keywords

COST ENGINEERING; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; PROFITABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION; SERVICE LIFE;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; FINANCIAL MEASURES; LIFE PROFITABILITY METHOD; LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; OPTIMAL DECISIONS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84989831090     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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