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Design Theory and Computer Science

ISBN: 9780521118156 | 0521118158
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 8/6/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
The logic and methodology of design is examined in this book from the perspective of computer science. Computers provide the context for this both by discussion of the design process for hardware and software systems and by consideration of the role of computers in design in general. The question is whether we can construct a th e o r y o f d e s i g n .
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Preface
The Architectonics of Design
The inadequacy of definitions
Design as the initiation of change
The nature of design problems
The form of design solutions
The evolutionary structure of design processes
Design Paradigms
The concept of a design paradigm
The analysis-synthesis-evaluation paradigm
Formal design
Plausibility driven design
Computer aided design I: the algorithmic approach
Computer aided design II: harnessing knowledge, search and heuristics
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