Genrich Altshuller, risampuné mupulang statistik ring makudang-kudang paten, nyaratang indik kompromi adalah unteng saking desain rekayasa "undagan sané beténan," raris ring undagan sané tegehan desain sané becikan inggih punika sané ngicalang kontradiksi unteng sané ngawinang pikobet.
Genrich Altshuller, after gathering statistics on a large number of patents, suggested that compromises are at the heart of "low-level" engineering designs, while at a higher level the best design is that which eliminates the core contradiction causing the problem.