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Suggestion and Development Patterns
(Suggestion/Development Phases)
Hypothetical/Deductive Approach
e research uses this approach to make an incremental addition to the design the-
ory for automating the conceptual design of systems. Using relevant existing design
theories, it hypothesizes that augmenting the naïve approach for using systems anal-
ysis patterns in at least semi-automating the conceptual design of systems will work
better than not using the learning mechanisms. e authors carry out this approach
and test the theory using experimentation.
Problem Space Tools and Techniques
One of the prominent activities of this pattern is to “see if there is a promising tool
or technique that has ...