3. Critique and evaluate

Map Branches

• PROMISES
  • To understand how problem solving can be understood as a process, to learn that defining a problem is a critical step in finding effective solutions.
• TYPES OF PROBLEMS & SOLUTION STRATEGIES
  • Mathematic
  • Logistic or sequential
  • Abstract reasoning
  • Spatial
  • Resource and planning
  • Human, social, interpersonal
  • DESIGN: a hybrid of many of the above
• PROBLEM SOLVING as a PROCESS
  • P-C-M
    • 1. Propose a solution
      • 1. Decomposition / Composition
        • DEFINING, EXPLORING EXAMINING, UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM
      • 2. Case retrieval
      • 3. Constraint satisfaction
    • 2. Verify and exit
    • 3. Critique and evaluate
    • 4. Modify and go to step 2
• Three problems
  • Apollo 13
  • Captain Kirk: Star Trek II
  • House
  • Analysis and conclusions
• EXERCISES
  • Petals around the rose
  • Shoko's Problem
    • ETHICS
• NEXT WEEK
  • Collaboration

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