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Table of Contents: “…1The design process; 1.1 The concept of design and related terms; 1.2 Design as a value-generating process in society; 1.3 The goal of design theories; 1.4 Background; 1.5 The scope of design theories; 1.6 The definition of design; 1.7 The characteristics of design; 1.8 Design problem; 1.9 Activities in the design process; 1.10 Information management; 1.11 The design process as a product 1.12 The importance of the design process1.13 The importance of Design Science; 1.14 Notes; 2Information, entropy and its relationship to design; 2.1 The design process in terms of probabilities; 2.2 Definition of design; 2.3 Uncertainty; 2.4 Entropy; 2.5 Joint entropy, conditioned entropy and relative entropy; 2.6 Mutual information; 2.7 Upper and lower bounds of mutual information. …”