An integrated ethnographic and empirical methodology in a study of knowledge searches in aerospace design

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

Volumn DS 31, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Langdon, P ^a   Aurisicchio, M ^b   Clarkson, P J ^b   Wallace, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Design philosophy; Empirical study; User evaluation, sampling

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY; DESIGN RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES; ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES; METHODS FOR VERIFICATION AND VALIDATIONS; RESEARCH EVALUATION; USER EVALUATIONS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84896855987     PISSN: 22204334     EISSN: 22204342     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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