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PRELIMINARY SIMULATIONS OF SCALE AND VALUE OF LEGITIMATION IN DESIGN PRACTICE
DESIGN FOR HARMONIES, VOL 2: DESIGN THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
01 Jan 2013
Abstract
This paper presents preliminary simulation results on the effects of scale and value of legitimation in design practice. The paper describes a basic simulation model, which adopts legitimation code theory as the underlying conceptual framework. This model simulates a society of design agents with different backgrounds. Based on the given legitimation values of their discipline, agents are attracted towards knowers or knowledge. The force of attraction towards the knower or knowledge varies across disciplines. The emergent design practice is plotted in a two dimensional space defined by the knower and knowledge axes. The effect of scale is studied by changing the number of agents. The effect of value is studied by comparing scenarios where legitimation values of a design agent remain constant throughout the simulations to scenarios where legitimation values increase at a constant rate, as a function of time spent in a multi-disciplinary environment. Preliminary results indicate that both scaling up and changing values can lead to cohesive design practice in multi-disciplinary societies. The underlying assumptions and limitations of the simulation model are discussed.
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- Title
- PRELIMINARY SIMULATIONS OF SCALE AND VALUE OF LEGITIMATION IN DESIGN PRACTICE
- Creators
- Vishal Singh - Aalto UniversityJohn Gero - Krasnow Inst Adv Study, Charlotte, NC USA
- Contributors
- U Lindemann (Editor)S Venkataraman (Editor)Y S Kim (Editor)S W Lee (Editor)Y Reich (Editor)A Chakrabarti (Editor)
- Publication Details
- DESIGN FOR HARMONIES, VOL 2: DESIGN THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Series
- International Conference on Engineering Design
- Publisher
- Design Soc
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000364698100016
- Other Identifier
- 991022202924004721