Adegoke, Israel Oludotun2016-12-192016-12-192016http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21567A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, university of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Johannesburg, 1996In this dissertation, the soft paradigm in the systems approach was applied to design errors to obtain a causation theory for design errors, thus providing a basis for design error prediction and control.[ Abbreviation abstract : Open document to view full version]enThesis