A review of creativity principles applied to engineering design

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-31

  Thompson, G ^a   Lordan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Engineering design; Innovation; Invention

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; INNOVATIONS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

DESIGN; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0032767967     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954408991529960     Document Type: Article

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