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2010 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
3. Design Science Research Frameworks
verfasst von : Alan Hevner, Samir Chatterjee
Erschienen in: Design Research in Information Systems
Verlag: Springer US
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Abstract
The founding father of design science was Herbert E. Simon. Well known for his work on AI, decision making, and economics, Simon wrote a thought-provoking book called Sciences of the Artificial in the 1960s (Simon 1996). His profound insight was that certain phenomena or entities are “artificial” in the sense that they are contingent to the goals or purposes of their designer. In other words, they could have been different had the goals been different (as opposed to natural phenomena which are necessarily evolved given natural laws). He further posits: Since artifacts are contingent, how is a science of the artificial possible? How to study artifacts empirically? On the other hand, Simon also deals with the notion of complexity. This is necessary because artificiality and complexity are inextricably interwoven.