Discussion 1
You can say that DS is about designing an artifact that improves something for stakeholders (people like us) and then empirically investigates & evaluates the performance of an artifact in a context.
Knowledge problems re-framed as questions, seek knowledge about the world as it is --with no designs to improve it.
The problems in design science research are design problems where the goal is to design something useful & the research method is the design cycle.
Discussion 2
Design science is solution-oriented where as natural science, & social science are problem-oriented. DSR aims to ensure rigor and relevance in prototyping research projects in the IT/IS domain.
Discussion 3
A key to keep in mind is that this methodology looks at real-world problems and then proceeds to build a practical solution (the artifact) that is subject to rigorous evaluation (in context) and then acceptance by stakeholders.
The problems in design science research are design problems where the goal is to design something useful & the research method is the design cycle.
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