Towards a Cost Engineering Method for Product-Service Systems Based on a System Cost Uncertainty Analysis

The following research work introduces a Cost Engineering Method for Product-Service Systems (PSS) based on a System Cost Uncertainty Analysis (SCUA). The proposed SCUA is a probabilistic method focused on determining the total operational cost of a PSS. The main purpose of this paper is to introduce a PSS cost engineering approach that reduces the aleatory uncertainty that exists in every PSS cost determination, and therefore provides certainty in the cost-capacity relationship that exists in every PSS offering.