Decision methods for design: Insights from psychology

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos V ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

concept generation; creativity; decision theory

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HEURISTIC METHODS;

CONCEPT GENERATION; CREATIVITY; DECISION METHOD; DESIGN CONCEPT; DESIGN INSIGHTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOGICAL AXIOMS; MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; TWO-COMPONENT;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 84864342058     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007001     Document Type: Article

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