A review of design science in information systems

ACIS 2005 Proceedings - 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  McKay, Judy ^a   Marshall, Peter ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design research; Design science; Research paradigms

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ACTIVITY; DESIGN RESEARCH; DESIGN SCIENCE; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

EID: 84869102953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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