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Research methodology for AI and design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

Louis Steinberg
Louis Steinberg
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Hill Center, Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ08855-1089.
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Abstract

Perspectives on research methodology in the field of “AI and design” are discussed. This perspective is based on a view of a “science of design” focusing on methods of design and on characteristics of design tasks that affect what methods are relevant for a given task. Two methodological issues are discussed: the need to try applying a design method on multiple tasks and domains, and the need to work with collaborators who are experts in the task domain of each research system you build.

Keywords

Science of DesignResearch MethodologyDomain-independence

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AI EDAM , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , Fall 1994 , pp. 283 - 287
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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