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The Autogenetic Design Theory

Product Development as an Analogy to Biological Evolution

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The authors are very thankful to the DFG, the German Research Foundation, for ongoing support (support codes VA 134/10-1 and VA 134/10-2).

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Vajna, S., Kittel, K., Bercsey, T. (2011). The Autogenetic Design Theory. In: Birkhofer, H. (eds) The Future of Design Methodology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-615-3_15

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