An approach to the analysis of design protocols

Design Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-61

  Gero, John S ^a   Mc Neill, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design process; Design research; Function Behaviour Structure model; Research methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

DESIGN RESEARCH; FUNCTION BEHAVIOR STRUCTURE MODEL;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0031702547     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0142-694x(97)00015-x     Document Type: Article

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