1st Edition

Modeling Creativity and Knowledge-Based Creative Design

Edited By John S. Gero, Mary Lou Maher Copyright 1993
362 Pages
by Psychology Press

362 Pages
by Psychology Press

362 Pages
by Psychology Press

Over the last decade research into design processes utilizing ideas and models drawn from artificial intelligence has resulted in a better understanding of design -- particularly routine design -- as a process. Indeed, most of the current research activity directly or indirectly deals only with routine design. Not surprisingly, many practicing designers state that the level of understanding... Read more
Contents: J.S. Gero, M.L. Maher, Introduction. Part I:Creativity. T. Heath, Social Aspects of Creativity and Their Impact on Creativity Modeling. W.J. Mitchell, A Computational View of Design Creativity. S. McLaughlin, Emergent Value in Creative Products: Some Implications for Creative Processes. T. Takala, A Neuropsychologically-Based Approach to Creativity. Part II:Knowledge-Based Models of Creative Design. M.A. Rosenman, J.S. Gero, Creativity in Design Using a Design Prototype Approach. B. Logan, T. Smithers, Creativity and Design as Exploration. R.D. Coyne, S. Newton, F. Sudweeks, A Connectionist View of Creative Design Reasoning. R.F. Woodbury, A Genetic Approach to Creative Design. Part III:Knowledge-Based Creative Design. G. Fischer, Creativity Enhancing Design Environments. E. Edmonds, Knowledge-Based Systems for Creativity. J. Cagan, A.M. Agogino, Inducing Optimally Directed Non-Routine Designs. R.F. Coyne, E. Subrahmanian, Computer Supported Creative Design: A Pragmatic Approach. M.L. Maher, F. Zhao, Dynamic Associations for Creative Engineering Design.

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John S. Gero, Mary Lou Maher

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