What is a design? How should we classify them?

R. A. Bailey, Peter J. Cameron
2007 Designs, Codes and Cryptography  
Design theory crosses the boundary between mathematics and statistics, and includes a wide range of disparate types of design. In this paper we present a classification scheme which aims to include as many important types as possible, based on a balance among concept, representation and use. AMS Classification If you were to go into a motorcycle-parts department and ask them for a feedback assembly they wouldn't know what the hell you were talking about. They don't split it up that way. No two
more » ... anufacturers ever split it up quite the same way and every mechanic is familiar with the problem of the part you can't buy because you can't find it because the manufacturer considers it part of something else.
doi:10.1007/s10623-007-9092-3 fatcat:6doe27v3onf4ppuhnqf37dx32q