Rechnergestützte Baukostenschätzung im Schiffsentwurf

Various approaches for better initial cost estimates for ships are reviewed, compiling recent activities in the USA, Europe and Japan. The trends is towards bottom-up approaches, capable reflecting local design changes, and simulation based-methods. Coupled to structural computer-aided design programs, these cost estimates modules then allow higher precision for cost estimates even for unconventional ships during early design.