This chapter introduces a new usability evaluation method, the axiomatic evaluation method, which is developed based on the axiomatic design theory – a formalized design methodology that can be used to solve a variety of design problems. This new evaluation method examines three domains of a product: customer domain, functional domain, and control domain. This method investigates not only usabi...

Design is the creative process by which our understanding of logic and science is joined with our understanding of human needs and wants to conceive and refine artifacts that serve specific human purposes. Design is central to the practice of systems engineering and systems engineers understand that design is a creative, iterative, decision-making process. In this paper, we provide an overview ...

Axiomatic Design (AD) ist eine Methode, die den Entwurf beliebiger Systeme unterstützen kann. AD hilft, Anforderungen klar voneinander abzugrenzen und es unterstützt die Entwicklung von Systemen, deren Komponenten eine überschaubare Komplexität aufweisen und weitgehend unabhängig voneinander sind. Diese Ziele des AD korrespondieren mit wesentlichen Architekturzielen für Serviceorientierte Archi...

Axiomatic design is applied to design of real-time control software. As a case study of software design for on-board computers of automobiles, the software of the current anti-lock braking system (ABS) is analyzed based on axiomatic design. It is shown that the current design is a coupled design and that it can be decoupled to improve the performance of the anti-lock braking system software. In...

In this article, an argument for validation of design–decision methods is presented. In the process of justifying the need for validation, several criteria for a valid design–decision method are introduced. These criteria represent a starting point from which the research community can continue to debate and ponder the validation issue. Under these criteria, a critical empirical investigation o...