Equations aren’t enough: informal modeling in design
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
- Vol. 7 (4) , 257-274
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0890060400000354
Abstract
Arguing that design is a social process, we expand the meaning of modeling and analysis to include all activities facilitating continual refinement and criticism of the design requirements, process and solutions. We do not assume any a priori methods for modeling or analysis; rather, we provide a framework and an approach to study designers and give them whatever modeling and analysis capabilities they choose. Our approach is the basis for a support tool, n–dim, currently under development.Keywords
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