Theory as a case of design: Lessons for design from the philosophy of science

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Allen S ^a   Nickerson, Jeffrey V ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN RESEARCHERS; LARGE DATASETS; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; SOLID BASE;

CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

EID: 77951727294     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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