dests

Conference organized by the graduate program Topology of Technology of the Darmstadt University of Technology
Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany
7 - 9 October, 2009




Abstract
Phenomena recognized as spatial arrangements are complex - thus we need tools to cope with them. Models can serve as tools for researchers and practitioners alike. There are two distinct yet interwoven aspects of models, both of which will be addressed by this conference: models as analytical devices and models as a reference for intervention. Models and other forms of abstract representations are generated to organize findings and to simulate options. In decision-making processes models have an enormous impact in that they provide guidelines for implementations as well as legitimation in situations of conflict, even though they are also increasingly understood as constructions.
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