Engineering as cyclic problem solving - Some insights from Karl Popper

Structural Engineer

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 32-37

  Dias, W P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Design; Engineering; Failures; Karl Popper; Philosophy; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

KARL POPPER; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PHILOSOPHY;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33846671115     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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