VALIDATING DESIGN METHODS & RESEARCH: THE VALIDATION SQUARE

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 379-390

  Pedersen, Kjartan ^a   Emblemsvcig, Jan ^b   Bailey, Reid ^c   Allen, Janet K ^c   Mistree, Farrokh ^c  

^a Kværner Oil Gas Fld Devmt   (Norway)

^b Considium Consulting Group AS ^*  (Norway)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

engineering design; epistemology; Philosophy of science; research validation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN RESEARCH; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EPISTEMOLOGY; FIRST LOOK; GENERAL METHOD; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; RESEARCH VALIDATION; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

DESIGN;

EID: 85125997190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/DTM-14579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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