Getting it right : R & D methods for science and engineering /
Over the past decade, the author has met with directors of R & D departments in large industrial firms, who are frustrated by the lack of coherent and consistent methodologies in R & D projects. As a direct result the author was asked to design and present a seminar to provide R & D engi...
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | San Diego : |
Publication Dates: | 2001. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780121088521 |
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Over the past decade, the author has met with directors of R & D departments in large industrial firms, who are frustrated by the lack of coherent and consistent methodologies in R & D projects. As a direct result the author was asked to design and present a seminar to provide R & D engineers and scientists a standard methodology for conducting coherent, rigorous, comprehensible, and consistent R & D projects. The author also realized that this training should be included in engineering and science curricula in universities and colleges. To this end, he designed and presented a pilot course |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii, 406 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-334) and index. |
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9780080491370 0080491375 |
Index Number: | Q180 |
CLC: | C3 |
Contents: | Front Cover; Getting It Right: R & D Methods for Science and Engineering; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Biographies; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1. Research and Development; Chapter 2. Process and Preparation; Part II: Project Organization; Chapter 3. The Project Hierarchy; Chapter 4. The Project Task; Part III: Knowledge Representation; Chapter 5. An Epistemological Journey; Chapter 6. Categories and Types of Knowledge; Chapter 7. Roles of Knowledge Propositions; Chapter 8. Limits of Knowledge; Part IV: The Scientific Method; Chapter 9. Overview; Chapter 10. Analysi |