An approach to the extraction of preference-related information from design team language

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-103

  Ji, Haifeng ^a   Yang, Maria C ^b   Honda, Tomonori ^b  

^a YAHOO INC   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept selection; Design decision making; Design preferences; Design process

Indexed keywords

ASSIGNMENT OF; CONCEPT SELECTION; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; DESIGN DECISION-MAKING; DESIGN INFORMATION; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN TEAM; INFORMATION EXTRACTION METHODS; LOGIT MODELS; LOW OVERHEAD; NATURAL LANGUAGES; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; TEAM MEMBERS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEYS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84861234507     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: 14356066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-011-0116-7     Document Type: Article

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