Determining the "best" aircraft design for a given market segment is a challenging proposition. In this paper, a Value-Driven Design framework is created to illustrate how economic theory can be used to assess business strategies and engineering solutions within the civil aviation industry. The framework addresses a number of assumptions inherent within Surplus
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