Economic analysis of alternatives for PC upgrade of OR Department laboratory

dc.contributor.advisorHalwachs, Thomas E.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Lung-Shan.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor.departmentOperations Research
dc.contributor.secondreaderSovereign, Michael G.
dc.dateSeptember 2009
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-22T15:33:41Z
dc.date.available2012-08-22T15:33:41Z
dc.date.issued1990-09
dc.description.abstractThe Operations Research Department at the NPS plans to upgrade the hardware of the Personal Computer (PC) laboratory. The objective of the thesis is to analyze the potential upgrade paths dependent upon hardware availability, software compatibility, maintenance and initial cost. The alternatives are: (a) to upgrade the existing Zenith with a 80386 (CPU), (b) to buy the UNISYS desktop III system, or (c) to purchase the DELL SYSTEM-310. The study utilizes the economic cost/benefit view to examine the alternatives and to develop recommendations. The principles of economic analysis are reviewed. The results of survey of user's opinion are analyzed to establish the requirements for upgrade. The result of economic analysis shows the UNISYS system to be the least expensive and most system-effective. The price of each unit is an undiscounted 2,176. dollars or discounted 1,994 dollars for five years of economic life and is within the budget available. The sensitivity analysis reveals (a) by break-even analysis, the economic life parameter is insensitive, (b) the cost reduction parameter is also insensitive, and (c) the discount rate is also insensitive. Therefore the recommendations is that the UNISYS system be chosen.en_US
dc.description.serviceMajor, Republic Of China On Taiwan Armyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/economicnalysiso1094510802
dc.format.extentxi, 77 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/10802
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is reserved by the copyright owner.en_US
dc.subject.authorPresent Value (P.V.)en_US
dc.subject.authorCash flow diagramen_US
dc.subject.authorLife-Cycle-Cost (L.C.C.)en_US
dc.subject.authorDiscount rateen_US
dc.subject.authorsystem-effectiveness analysisen_US
dc.subject.authorsystem performanceen_US
dc.subject.authorbreak-even analysisen_US
dc.subject.authorsensitivity analysisen_US
dc.subject.authorsensitiveen_US
dc.subject.authorinsensitiveen_US
dc.subject.lcshMicrocomputers.en_US
dc.titleEconomic analysis of alternatives for PC upgrade of OR Department laboratoryen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineOperations Researchen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Operations Researchen_US
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