Computational design
Authors
Denning, Peter J.
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Date of Issue
2017-08
Date
August 2017
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ACM
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Abstract
Computational thinking refers to a deliberative process that finds a computational solution for a concern. Computational doing refers to use of computation and computational tools to address concerns. Computational design refers to creating new computational tools and methods that are adopted by the members of a community to address their concerns. Unfortunately, the definitions of both "thinking" and "doing" are fuzzy and have allowed misconceptions about the nature of algorithms. Fortunately, it is possible to eliminate the fuzziness in the definitions by focusing on computational design, which is at the intersection between thinking and doing. Computational design is what we are really after and would be a good substitute for computational thinking and doing.
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Article
Description
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3132087
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Computer Science (CS)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
7 p.
Citation
Denning, Peter J. "Computational design." Ubiquity 2017.August (2017): 2.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.