Design by analogy: A study of the WordTree method for problem re-representation

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Linsey, J S ^a   Markman, A B ^b   Wood, K L ^c,d  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Engineering and Product Development   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

analogy; conceptual design; design method; idea generation; innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TRUCKS;

ANALOGY; ANALOGY METHOD; DESIGN BY ANALOGIES; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN TEAM; IDEA GENERATION; INFORMATION SOURCES; INNOVATION; RE-REPRESENTATION; TEAM KNOWLEDGE;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

EID: 84859895736     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006145     Document Type: Article

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