A study on the role of expertise in design fixation and its mitigation

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 901-911

  Viswanathan, Vimal ^a   Linsey, Julie ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUPS; DESIGN FIXATIONS; DESIGN PROBLEMS; GROUP WORKING; IDEA GENERATION; NON-REDUNDANT; NOVICE DESIGNERS; NOVICES AND EXPERTS; SECOND GROUP; SOLUTION SPACE;

DESIGN;

EID: 84884662893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2012-71155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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