Understanding the use of language stimuli in concept generation

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 3 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 161-172

  Chiu, I ^a   Shu, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Design stimuli; Language; Verbal protocols

Indexed keywords

(SPM) CLASSES; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPT GENERATION; CREATIVE SOLUTIONS; DESIGN PROCESSES; DESIGN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; MICRO AND NANO SYSTEMS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; NEW IDEAS; PART OF SPEECH (POS); SUPPORT SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES; VERBAL PROTOCOLS; WORD LEVEL;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; DESIGN; ENGINEERING; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; LINGUISTICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSENSORS; NANOSYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROCESS DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 44849113109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-35772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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