Design Theory '88
Subtitle: Proceedings of the 1988 NSF Grantee Workshop on Design Theory and Methodology
By: edited by Sandra L. Newsome, W. R. Spillers, Susan Finger
Contributors: Spillers, W. R.; Finger, Susan
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781461281894; 9781461236467
Subjects: Engineering; Engineering design
Description: This volume consists of papers presented at the second NSF Grantee Workshop on Design Theory and Methodology, in addition to papers that were submitted directly to this volume. The research papers are divided into five categories: - Cognitive and social aspects of the design process, focusing on human cognitive and social processes involved in engineer design; - Computational models of design processes, addressing computer simulations of design decisions; - Environments, languages, representations and databases for design, describing formal or mathematical methods of describing form, function, etc.; - Analysis to support design, focusing on mathematical techniques used in the evaluation of design or in support of the earlier stages of the design process; - Design for manufacturing and the life cycle, devoted to research in the infusion of life-cycle concerns, such as manufacturing, or maintenance within the design process. The design of high-technology products and design-centered innovation will become more important in a world that is highly competitive and where neither cost-centered innovation nor technology centered innovation has proven to be sufficient by itself.
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Table of contents: title: Contents: The Industrial Perspective; title: Cognitive and Social Aspects of the Design Process; title: Computational Models of Design Processes; title: Environments, Languages, Representations, and Data Bases for Design; title: Analysis to Support Design; title: Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle; title: Research in Design; title: Appendix: The Workshop.