Cost Estimating Relationships for Manufacturing Hardware Cost of Howitzer Carriages and Recoil Mechanisms.

Abstract

Cost estimating relationships (CER's) for predicting the in-house manufacturing hardware unit costs for carriages and recoil mechanisms during the early stages of weapon system development are discussed in this study. Independent variables which were more likely to be known early in development were selected as 'cost drivers'. Four CER's are presented for estimating recoil mechanism unit cost in order of decreasing 'goodness of fit', two CER's are presented for estimating carriage unit cost, and one additional CER is presented for estimating the sum of the recoil mechanism and carriage unit cost. Each of the above CER's exhibit a correlation at a ten percent level (F-test) or better. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0757164

Entities

People

  • Gerald W. Kalal

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carriages
  • Manufacturing
  • Recoil
  • Recoil Mechanisms
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Regression Analysis.