Conceptual design is a process of creating functions, forms and behaviors. Although cognitive processes are utilized in the development of new ideas, conventional methodologies do not take human cognition into account. However, it is conceivable that if one could determine how cognitive processes are stimulated, then more effective conceptual design methods could be developed. In this paper, we...

The paper argues that micro and macro economists interested in the dynamics of creative destruction can gain important insights by using indices that capture the effect of innovation on the relative position of firms. This is due to the uneven and “destructive” effect that radical innovation has on firm rankings. One such index is the market share instability index. On the financial side, the e...

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We discuss the following question: can computers upport the early phases of engineering design, and, if so, how? We argue that a large collection of domain knowledge is required for such a support tool, and that the design method developed by AltshuUer in the Soviet-Union forms a good starting point for this. Much work will have to be carried out to restructure and complete the domain knowledge...

A wealth of research has suggested that emotions play a significant role in the creative problem solving process, but less work has focused on investigating the role of emotions in the design process. This is surprising given that creative problem solving lies at the heart of the design processes. In an exploratory study we interviewed 9 expert designers about their emotions during the design p...

本稿では,事例に基づく推論 (Case-Based Reasoning: CBR)の立場を取って,長期的な創造的問題 解決とデザイン活動に影響する記憶の問題について調査する.これは,詳細に記録された例・Alexander Graham Bellによる電話の発明に基づき,長期の創造的デザインにおいて繰り返し現れた,Bellのメカニ ズムの推論と理解について要約する.事例に基づくデザインに対し,メカニズムを理解することは,デザ インの制約と類推的評価の類推的予想の元であるとみなされる.しかし,既に理解されたデザインは,背 後ではアクティブであり,ある機会に保留されたデザインの問題を満たす.新しいメカニズムは,計算機 モデル ALEC で統合される.これは,事例に基づくデザインにおいて,ある創造的な振る舞いを説明す る. 1. ALECは Alexander G. Bellのニックネームだ...

Existing knowledge-based CADICAM systems do not support creativity since they are based on fixed vocabularies which contain a set of pre-defined functional and design features, and use these to define a library of standard solutions which the designer can use to compose designs automatically. However, the essence of creative design is to create new features and adapt them to new problems. Our s...