The Use of Parametric Cost Estimating Relationships as They Pertain to Aircraft Airframes; A New Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to review cost estimating relationships that have been developed and used for aircraft airframe costs, to identify existing problems, and where appropriate, to suggest alternatives for the future application of cost estimating relationships to aircraft airframes. Mahalanobis distance was explored as a means of complementing the more traditional statistical measures for regression analysis. This study supports the conclusion that cost estimating relationships should be developed for a specific system to be estimated, and that Mahalanobis distance is a potentially effective tool by which the analyst may address the important issue of analogy between the data base and the proposed system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089525

Entities

People

  • Bruce R. Bennett

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Bomber Aircraft
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Payload
  • Regression Analysis
  • Schools
  • United States

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.