Design theory: History, state of the art and advancements

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-103

  Le Masson, Pascal ^a   Dorst, Kees ^b,c   Subrahmanian, Eswaran ^d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SET THEORY;

DESIGN THEORY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING SCIENCE; FORMAL THEORY; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 84881667273     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: 14356066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-013-0154-4     Document Type: Review

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