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Design, analogy, and creativity
Abstract
Analogical reasoning appears to play a key role in creative design. In briefly reviewing recent research on analogy-based creative design, this article first examines characterizations of creative design and then analyzes theories of analogical design in terms of four questions: why, what, how and when? After briefly describing recent AI theories of analogy-based creative design, the article focuses on three theories instantiated in operational computer programs: Syn, DSSUA (Design Support System Using Analogy) and Ideal. From this emerges a related set of research issues in analogy-based creative design. The main goal is to sketch the core issues, themes and directions in building such theories.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gael, A. K.
- Venue
- IEEE Expert
- Published
- 1997-05
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 62-70
- ISSN
- 0885-9000 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2155150524
- Cited by
- 355
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 7.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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