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[[File:A sample Design Structure Matrix (DSM).png|273x193px|framed|right|A sample DSM with 7 elements and 11 dependency marks.]]
The '''design structure matrix''' ('''DSM'''; also referred to as '''dependency structure matrix''', '''dependency structure method''', '''dependency source matrix''', '''problem solving matrix (PSM)''', '''incidence matrix''', '''''N<sup>2</sup>'' matrix''', '''interaction matrix''', '''dependency map''' or '''design precedence matrix''') is a simple, compact and visual representation of a system or project in the form of a square [[matrix (mathematics)|matrix]].<ref name="DSMbook">S.D. Eppinger and T.R. Browning, [http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/design-structure-matrix-methods-and-applications Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications], MIT Press, Cambridge, 2012.</ref>