Design science as nested problem solving

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wieringa, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Design science; Nested problems; Practical problems; Regulative cycle

Indexed keywords

DESIGN SCIENCE; METHODOLOGICAL GUIDELINES; NESTED PROBLEMS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; REGULATIVE CYCLE; RESEARCH DESIGNS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 70350648673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1555619.1555630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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