On the effective use of design-by-analogy: The influences of analogical distance and commonness of analogous designs on ideation performance

ICED 11 - 18th International Conference on Engineering Design - Impacting Society Through Engineering Design

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 85-96

  Chan, Joel ^a   Fu, Katherine ^b   Schunn, Christian ^a   Cagan, Jonathan ^b   Wood, Kristin ^c   Kotovsky, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Conceptual design; Design cognition; Design methods; Innovation

Indexed keywords

ANALOGY; CONTROL GROUPS; DESIGN COGNITION; DESIGN METHODS; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROBLEMS; FAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD; PATENT DATABASE; RISK AVERSION;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; INNOVATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84858812350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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