Reviews for Advances in Design Optimization

The average rating for Advances in Design Optimization based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-16 00:00:00 Max Max The author writes, "The object [of design] is not one thing to all participants. Each individual's perspective and interests are rooted in his or her special expertise and responsibilities. Designing is a process of bringing coherence to these perspectives and interests, fixing them in the artifact. Participants work to bring their efforts into harmony through negotiation." This summarizes the premise of the book. The book provides three detailed examples to support this idea and presents a window into the design process within an engineering firm. Good book for someone who is curious about how engineering design actually happens.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-12-30 00:00:00 Jason Chavez This was relatively easy to read and very interesting. It is rather descriptive but puts its observations in useful theoretical concepts. A core assertion is that engineering culture focuses on the idea of underlying, physical, "true"principles in the creation of an artifact; other views are pushed aside - however, politics, emotions… are very relevant in the artifact's creation.