Design Theory and Computer Science
Design Theory and Computer Science
Subrata Dasgupta, University of Southwestern Louisiana
August 2009
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Paperback
9780521118156
The logic and methodology of design is examined in this book from the perspective of computer science. Computers provide the context for this examination 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 central question posed by the author is whether or not we can construct a theory of design. This book concentrates upon the relationship between design, mathematics and science and thus its audience must include designers and software designers as well as computer scientists.
Product details
August 2009Paperback
9780521118156
452 pages
244 × 170 × 23 mm
0.72kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. The Architectonics of Design:
- 1. The inadequacy of definitions
- 2. Design as the initiation of change
- 3. The nature of design problems
- 4. The form of design solutions
- 5. The evolutionary structure of design processes
- Part II. Design Paradigms:
- 6. The concept of a design paradigm
- 7. The analysis-synthesis-evaluation paradigm
- 8. Formal design
- 9. Plausibility driven design
- 10. Computer aided design I: the algorithmic approach
- 11. Computer aided design II: harnessing knowledge, search and heuristics.
