Engineering Economic Analysis

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PREFACE xix

on previous editions:

Dick Bernhard, North Carolina State University

Charles Burford, Texas Tech University

Jeff Douthwaite, UniversitYofWilsbington

Utpal Dutta, University of Detroit, Mercy

Lou Freund, San Jose State University

Vernon Hillsman, Purdue University

Oscar Lopez, Florida International University

Nic Nigro, Cogswell College North

Ben Nwokolo, Grambling State University

Cecil Peterson, GMI Engineering & Management Institute

Malgorzata Rys, Kansas State University

Robert Seaman, New England College

R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Tennessee Technological University

Roscoe Ward, Miami University

Jan Wolski, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

and particularly Bruce Johnson, U.S. Naval Academy

We would also like to thank the following professors for their contributions to this edition:

Mohamed Aboul-Seoud, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

V. Dean Adams, University of Nevada Reno

Ronald Terry Cutwright, Florida State University

Sandra Duni Eksioglu, University of Florida

John Erjavec, University of North Dakota

Ashok Kumar Ghosh, University of New Mexico

Scott E. Grasman, University of Missouri-Rolla

Ted Huddleston, University of South Alabama

RJ. Kim, Louisiana Tech University

C. Patrick Koelling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hampton Liggett, University of Tennessee

Heather Nachtmann, University of Arkansas

T. Papagiannakis, Washington State University

John A. Roth, Vanderbilt University

William N. Smyer, Mississippi State University

R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Tennessee Technological University

Arnold L. Sweet, Purdue University

Kevin Taaffe, University of Florida

Robert E. Taylor, VIrginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Whittaker, University of Alberta

Our largest thanks must go to the professors (and their students) who have developed
the supplements for this text. These include:

Thomas Lacksonen, University of Wisconsin-Stout

David Mandeville, Oklahoma State University

William Peterson, Old Dominion University