Investigating novelty-outcome relationships in engineering design

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-178

  Srinivasan, V ^a   Chakrabarti, Amaresh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Concept; Idea; Novelty; Novelty Assessment Method; Variety; Variety Assessment Method

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION LEVEL; ASSESSMENT METHODS; CONCEPT SPACE; CORRELATION VALUE; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STRONG CORRELATION; THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOL;

ABSTRACTING; GEOMETRY; SAPPHIRE;

DESIGN;

EID: 77952393015     PISSN: 08900604     EISSN: 14691760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S089006041000003X     Document Type: Article

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