modularity and the number of design choices
Abstract. "Nikos Salingaros and Débora Tejada analyze one aspect of what is commonly understood as "modularity" in the architectural literature. There are arguments to be made in favor of modularity, but the authors argue against empty modularity, using mathematics to prove their point. If we have a large quantity of structural information, then modular design can organize this information to prevent randomness and sensory overload. In that case, the module is not an empty module, but a rich, complex module containing a considerable amount of substructure. Empty modules, on the other hand, eliminate internal information, and their repetition eliminates information from the entire region that they cover. Modularity works in a positive sense only when there is substructure to organize."
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Abstract. "Nikos Salingaros and Débora Tejada analyze one aspect of what is commonly understood as "modularity" in the architectural literature. There are arguments to be made in favor of modularity, but the authors argue against empty modularity, using mathematics to prove their point. If we have a large quantity of structural information, then modular design can organize this information to prevent randomness and sensory overload. In that case, the module is not an empty module, but a rich, complex module containing a considerable amount of substructure. Empty modules, on the other hand, eliminate internal information, and their repetition eliminates information from the entire region that they cover. Modularity works in a positive sense only when there is substructure to organize."
- bill 6-15-2003 1:36 am
nnj abstracts
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