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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Cost Analysis Approach
1)The necessary functionality of all applications were assessed
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2)The cost elements required to enable development, installation, operation, and management for a given functionality were identified
1)Cost data were collected to estimate the individual cost elements
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2)Case studies, or other sources, were collected and reported costs were assessed
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1)Cost elements were associated with each application
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2)Additional data were used to tailor cost element estimates for each application as needed
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3)Costs were normalized to derive a per unit value
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1)Unit costs were multiplied by the number of national units  taking into account the application adoption rate
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2)Costs were aggregated
Costs are specified for each year of the analysis and/or as Net Present Value
Results