Forms of reasoning in the design science research process

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6629 LNCS, Issue , 2011, Pages 17-31

  Fischer, Christian ^a   Gregor, Shirley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abduction; Deduction; Design Theory Development; Forms of Reasoning; Induction; Information Systems Design Science Research; Information Systems Design Theory; Scientific Method

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; DEDUCTION; DESIGN THEORY DEVELOPMENT; FORMS OF REASONING; INDUCTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN SCIENCE RESEARCH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN THEORY; SCIENTIFIC METHOD; DESIGN THEORY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN SCIENCE RESEARCHES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN THEORIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79955830277     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20633-7_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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