CRC Press

CRC Press

English

Praise for the First Edition:"Sound theoretical basis, fine-tuned by empirical evidence, and focused like a laser on the application of performing cost risk analysis on complex systems … after teaching from a collection of papers, I’m delighted to finally find this well-written text."—Daryl J. Hauck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ohio "Paul Garvey has done a tremendous job taking a technical subject and producing a readable, interesting, and informative primer. … strongly recommend[ed] … to all professional cost analysts, both for its readability and its insights … also recommend[ed] … to anyone who is in the position of making decisions based on cost estimates."—Phalanx, The Bulletin of Military Operations Research "… does a very thorough job of explaining probability methods in cost uncertainty analysis in mathematical terms." —International Cost Engineering Council, 2001 "This book focuses on the development of a structured approach to quantifying the uncertainty of cost estimates, backed by a great deal of mathematical rigor."—INCOSE Insight, 2001