From Product Description to Cost: A Practical Approach Volume 2: Building a Specific Model /

• Main Author: Foussier, Pierre (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Series: Decision Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Complexity, Computational.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Economics.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Economic Systems.; Complexity.

Parametric cost estimating, when properly used, is a very powerful and cost effective technique. Unfortunately, this technique is often misunderstood and rejected by many potential users for whom it could be a beneficial tool. The development of an agreement on how to use it and how to recognise its...

Table of Contents:

• Population and Sample
• From the Sample to the Population
• Describing the Population
• Typical Distributions
• Data Analysis Precedes the Search for a Specific Model
• Data Analysis on One Variable Only
• Data Analysis on Two Variables
• Simultaneous Data Analysis on J + 1 Quantitative Variables
• Working with Qualitative Variables
• Finding the Dynamic Center of a Multi-Variables Sample
• Finding the Center of the Cost Distribution for Choosing a Metric
• Looking for the Dynamic Center: The Bilinear Cases
• Using Several Quantitative Parameters: The Linear Cases
• Using Qualitative Variables
• Non-Linear Relationships
• Studying the Residuals Is as Important as Finding the Formula
• Studying the Additive Residuals
• The Other Residuals
• Building a Specific Model
• From Sample to Population
• Building the Model.