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Showing 1 to 20 of 446 for “"design decisions"”.
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Design, decisions and dialogue
This thesis presents a design for an Intelligent Educational System to support the teaching of design evaluation in engineering. The design consists of a simple computerbased tool (or 'learning environment') for displaying and manipulating infonnation used in the course of problem solving, with a …
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Exploring design decisions for mutation testing
… mutants. In this dissertation, we explore three design decisions related to mutation testing and provide recommendations to researchers in those regards. First, we look into mutation operators. To provide insights about how to improve the test suites, mutation testing requires both high quality …
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Does cultural self-awareness alter instructional design decisions?
… background culture has on instructional designers. Current research supports the hypothesis that background culture affects learning preferences. This study approaches cultural background from the instructional designers' point of view. Using Hofstede's Model of Cultural Dimensions as a …
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Informing design decisions : an approach to corporate building design
This thesis is an investigation into design methodologies. How do we, as designers, prepare ourselves for decision making and evaluate our assumptions and decisions? The intent is to employ this information as a basis for integration of architectural design processes with economic principles, …
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Integrated Technology and Product Design Decisions With Market-Based Learning
… of manufacturing flexibility on the firm's design strategy in a single product case over a two-period planning horizon is analyzed. Additional insights are gleaned from a simulation of a more general, multiple product model. The objective of the analysis is to better understand the …
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Digital Hardware Design Decisions and Trade-offs for Software Radio Systems
… developer must make trade-offs in these three design areas when determining the best digital hardware solution for a software radio implementation. When selecting digital hardware architectures, it is important to recognize the requirements of the system and identify which architectures will …
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Early Stage Embodied and Operational Analysis for Guiding Sustainable Architectural Design Decisions
… Simulating building performance in the early design stage allows architects and engineers to adjust design decisions to reduce embodied carbon and energy consumption. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is one of the most comprehensive methodologies to evaluate the environmental impact of …
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A Phenomenographic Study of How Aerospace Engineers Experience Uncertainty When Making Design Decisions
… industries experience uncertainty as they make design decisions. This study provides insight on how engineers increase their ability to manage various forms of uncertainty as they design large scale complex engineered systems. The results of this study are valuable for understanding learning …
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The role of product development metrics for making design decisions in the defnese aeorspace industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1996.
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A normative methodology for predicting consumer response to design decisions : issues, models, theory, and use.
Thesis. 1975. Sc.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Goal Framing to Encourage More Sustainable Engineering Design Decisions for the Built Environment Across Cultures
… potential barriers to more sustainable design and construction practices among professionals in Kuwait. The barriers identified are not technological, but behavioral, related to perceptions of risk and awareness. Behavioral science offers potential solutions to address these barriers …
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The strategic use of an information system in supporting architectural design decisions for a design firm
… be utilized as a strategic tool in architectural design for a firm. The products of information technology have been designed around a wide spectrum of needs. Architects can immediately adopt the technology and use it as design tools. These tools are not just a productional convenience, but also …
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Designing games for learning: An investigation of instructional designers, game designers, and teachers design decisions and epistemological beliefs
… and psychomotor domains. Traditionally, game designers tend to represent a different viewpoint about learning than instructional designers, or even teachers. More so, one of the fundamental roles designers play in making decisions is based on multiple factors, which include personal …
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A multi-attribute approach to conceptual system design decisions based on Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
… Hierarchy Process (AHP), with a customer-focused design methodology, Quality Function Deployment (QFD). The result is a hybrid methodology more complete than either of the two alone, involving synthesis, analysis, and evaluation activities necessary for completing conceptual system design. An …
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A decomposition-based approach for the integration of product development and manufacturing system design
… to understand the interaction between product design decisions and manufacturing system design is critical to reflect manufacturing system issues early in the product development process. Early consideration of manufacturing system issues prevents product design iterations due to manufacturing …
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Efficiency-Driven Enterprise Design
… enterprise performance and inform enterprise design. The design of an enterprise is driven by decisions that include, but not limit to, which strategies to implement, how to allocate resources, how to shift operating patterns, and how to boost coordination among enterprises, among others. Up …
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Design and fabrication of injection-molded and 3D-printed battery clips for "Chibitronics" Circuit Sticker workbook
… Sticker kit, both manufacturing and product design principles were considered to inform product feel and form as well as ensure manufacturability in future iterations of the clip. Prototypes were initially designed using modeling clay. These prototypes were then developed in Solidworks and …
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