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The prediction of design and development costs of civil airliners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

K. C. Harrold  and
S. I. R. Nicol
K. C. Harrold
Affiliation:
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd
S. I. R. Nicol
Affiliation:
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd
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Much of the data published on the subject of cost prediction for aircraft has dealt with empirical methods of estimating the total engineering hours of design and development. Less seems to have been written by or for the practising estimator, concerned not only with the total estimate at the initial stages of the project but also with its continuous refinement to full go-ahead, on to certification and later still to variants. In this paper the authors describe some of the methods they use, the historical background against which the methods have evolved and discuss some of the problems which are met.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 81 , Issue 796 , April 1977 , pp. 139 - 147
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1977 

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