Fundamental studies in Design-by-Analogy: A focus on domain-knowledge experts and applications to transactional design problems

Design Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 232-272

  Moreno, Diana P ^a   Hernández, Alberto A ^b   Yang, Maria C ^a   Otto, Kevin N ^c   Hölttä Otto, Katja ^c   Linsey, Julie S ^d   Wood, Kristin L ^c   Linden, Adriana ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

concept generation; design cognition; design methods; design problems; innovation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT GENERATION; DESIGN COGNITION; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN PRACTITIONERS; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS;

DESIGN; INNOVATION; SEMANTICS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84896701438     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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