| Activities | percentages |
|---|---|
| Two One-hour Examinations | 25% |
| Homework | 25% |
| Term Project | 50% |
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Syllabus
Syllabus
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Course Goals
- Ability to design using basic principles of design
- Invention of products based on basic principles
- Various ways of achieving robust design
- Ability to design complex systems, including software and hardware
- Understanding complexity of systems
- Reduction of complexity of engineered systems
- Teaching using many examples and case studies from diverse fields
- Learning by working on real projects (Term projects)
Prerequisites
2.004, 2.006
Textbooks
Suh, N. P. Axiomatic Design: Advances and Applications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780195134667.
———. Complexity: Theory and Applications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780195178760.
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