Current thinking in design science research (DSR) defines the usefulness of the design artifact in a relevant problem environment as the primary research goal. Here we propose a complementary evaluation model for DSR. Drawing from evolutionary economics, we define a fitness-utility model that better captures the evolutionary nature of design improvements and the essential DSR nature of searching for a satisfactory design across a fitness landscape. We conclude with a discussion of the strengths and challenges of the fitness-utility model for performing rigorous DSR. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
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Gill, T. G., & Hevner, A. R. (2011). A fitness-utility model for design science research. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 6629 LNCS, pp. 237–252). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20633-7_17
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