Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Coulter, Neal S.
Abstract
A database based on best manufacturing practices documents is explored relative to the "design" component of such best practices. This content analysis study yields lexical maps of key terms. Maps are categorized depending on their node arrangement in the following main groups: Cyclic maps, Sequential maps, Spoke-patterned maps and Isolated maps. A comparative study of names selected by different naming algorithms helps us in establishing the relation between map patterns and naming algorithms. Super network and distributions maps generated from the same database are useful in defining relations among the different maps. This study outlines the overall structure of design process through the maps' names and their interrelations.
Extent
106 p.
Recommended Citation
Shah, Prerak Pradyumna, "Content analysis of design practices" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1082.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1082
Identifier
FADT15420
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.C.Sc.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|College of Engineering and Computer Science