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Publication Date: 1984
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Toward a Definition of the Engineering Method.
Koen, Billy Vaughn
Engineering Education, v75 n3 p150-55 Dec 1984
Defines the engineering method by: (1) giving a preliminary definition and examples of its essential term (heuristics); (2) comparing the definition to a popular alternative; and (3) presenting a simple form of the definition. This definition states that the engineering method is the use of engineering heuristics. (JN)
Descriptors: Definitions, Engineering, Engineering Education, Heuristics, Higher Education, Problem Solving
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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