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developed such as interaction chart and connections diagram (Broadbent,
1988).
The design methods movement initiated the idea that human affairs may
have a mathematical structure (Atkin, 1974). This idea motivated many
researches, for example, Baykan and Pultar (1995) have analyzed the
structure of space-activity relationships in houses using the notion of a
simplicial complex defined by a relationship between two sets. The
recognition that the design process has an underlying structure was also
rooted in this movement. One of the pioneers of design methods
movement, John Chris Jones, explained in his famous book Design
Methods: Seeds of Human Futures (1970) that the main challenges for a
design manager are the following:
1. Identifying and reviewing critical decisions.
2. Relating the costs of research and design to the penalties for
taking wrong decisions.
3. Matching design activities to the persons who are expected to
carry them out.
4. Identifying usable sources of information.
5. Exploring the interdependency of processes.
Thus, the design methods research tradition constitutes one of the
underlying paradigms of parameter-based DSM research in building
design.
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