Methodology of applied research

Abstract

Place of science in the system of knowledge. Science and scientific research, their features and classification. Tasks and objectives of scientific research. Scientific-technical information and information review conduction. Setting the objectives and tasks of the research. Criteria for the chosen thematic prospects. Theoretical research, methodology and methods. Analytical methods of research. The notion of a model, their classification. The main stages of a model construction and tasks accomplished at those stages. Principles of scientific research. Main notions of the system-centered analysis. Structure and characteristics of technical systems. Classification of systems. The practice of the system-centered analysis in the scientific research.