cost-sensitivity analysis

  • 1Cost–benefit analysis — (CBA), sometimes called benefit–cost analysis (BCA), is a systematic process for calculating and comparing benefits and costs of a project for two purposes: (1) to determine if it is a sound investment (justification/feasibility), (2) to see how… …

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  • 2Sensitivity analysis — (SA) is the study of how the variation (uncertainty) in the output of a mathematical model can be apportioned, qualitatively or quantitatively, to different sources of variation in the input of a model Saltelli, A., Ratto, M., Andres, T.,… …

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  • 3sensitivity analysis — sensitivity test, sensitivity analysis A single variant test to see how dependent a forecast, projection or stress test outcome is upon a single, selected variable or assumption. For example, a bank AL manager might perform a sensitivity analysis …

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  • 4Sensitivity analysis — Analysis of the effect on a project s profitability due to changes in sales, cost, and so on. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * sensitivity analysis sensitivity analysis ➔ analysis * * * sensitivity analysis UK US noun [C] ► the… …

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  • 5Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry — The Cost Effectiveness Analysis Registry was developed by the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA. The Registry contains detailed …

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  • 6sensitivity analysis — A method of analysing the sensitivity of a decision to a change in one or more of the assumptions used in making it. For instance, a company might analyse how its future performance might be affected by changing its level of advertising or by… …

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  • 7analysis — a‧nal‧y‧sis [əˈnælss] noun analyses PLURALFORM [ siːz] [countable, uncountable] 1. a careful examination of something in order to understand it better: • The researchers carried out a detailed analysis of recent trends in share prices. •… …

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  • 8Cost of capital — The cost of capital is a term used in the field of financial investment to refer to the cost of a company s funds (both debt and equity), or, from an investor s point of view the shareholder s required return on a portfolio of all the company s… …

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  • 9Break even analysis — The break even point for a product is the point where total revenue received equals the total costs associated with the sale of the product (TR=TC). [Horngren, C.,Sundem, G Stratton, W. Introduction to Management Accounting (2002) Prentice Hall]… …

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  • 10Spatial analysis — In statistics, spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of the formal techniques which study entities using their topological, geometric, or geographic properties. The phrase properly refers to a variety of techniques, many still in… …

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