### Question
How is the term life-cycle cost analysis defined?


### Answer
The term **life-cycle cost analysis** is defined in *23 U.S.C. § 106* as the following:

> a process for evaluating the total economic worth of a usable project segment by analyzing initial costs and discounted future costs, such as maintenance, user costs, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoring, and resurfacing costs, over the life of the project segment

#### Citation:
  - *23 U.S.C. § 106*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS**

