Abstract
Abstract To understand the complexity theory presented in this book, one has to understand axiomatic design theory, on which this complexity theory is partly based. Axiomatic design theory provides a conceptual basis for the complexity theory: the importance of functions, the need to define complexity in the functional domain rather than in the physical domain, the significance of the Independence Axiom and the Information Axiom in understanding complexity, and the measurement of uncertainty based on the Information Axiom. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce axiomatic design for engineered systems as a prelude to the complexity theory presented in chapter 3. For a more complete treatise on axiomatic design, readers are encouraged to refer to Suh (1990, 2001). The materials presented in this chapter are similar to the materials presented in chapter 1 of Suh (2001).
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