Design Computing and Cognition '08

by Gero, John S.; Goel, Ashok K.

• ISBN13: 9781402087271
• ISBN10: 1402087276
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-28
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This volume contains the refereed papers of the Third International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'08), held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They represent the state-of-the-art research and development in design computing and cognition. They are of particular interest to researchers, developers and users of advanced computation in design and to those who need to gain a better understanding of designing. Book jacket.

Author Biography

JOHN GERO is a Research Professor at the Krasnow Institute of Advanced Study and at the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University and a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Formerly he was Professor of Design Science and Co-Director of the Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, at the University of Sydney. He is the author or editor of 43 books and over 550 papers in the fields of design science, design computing, artificial intelligence, computer-aided design, design cognition and cognitive science. He has been a Visiting Professor of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or Cognitive Science at MIT, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia and CMU in the USA, at Strathclyde and Loughborough in the UK, at INSA-Lyon and Provence in France and at EPFL-Lausanne in Switzerland. His former doctoral students are professors in the USA, UK, Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.He has been the recipient of many excellence awards including the Harkness Fellowship, two Fulbright Fellowships, two SRC Fellowships and various named chairs. He is on the editorial boards of numerous journals related to design science, computer-aided design, artificial intelligence and knowledge engineering and is the chair of the international conference series Artificial Intelligence in Design, the new conference series Design Computing and Cognition and the international conference series Computational Models of Creative Design.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
List of Reviewers	p. xi
Shape Grammars	p. 1
Automating the Creation of Shape Grammar Rules	p. 3
Ontologies and Shape Grammars: Communication between Knowledge-Based and Generative Systems	p. 23
Categorisation of Designs According to Preference Values for Shape Rules	p. 41
A Technique for Implementing a Computation-Friendly Shape Grammar Interpreter	p. 61
Approximating Shapes with Topologies	p. 81
Design Cognition - 1	p. 101
Diagrams as Tools in the Design of Information Systems	p. 103
Form as a Visual Encounter: Using Eye Movement Studies for Design Reasoning	p. 123
The Role of Immersivity in Three-Dimensional Mental Rotation	p. 143
Comprehension of Layout Complexity: Effects of Architectural Expertise and Mode of Presentation	p. 159
Knowledge-Based Design	p. 179
Guitar Hero, a Knowledge-Based System to Support Creativity in the Design and Manufacturing of Electric Guitars	p. 181
Discovering Implicit Constraints in Design	p. 201
Capturing Decisions and Rationale from Collaborative Design	p. 221
Extending the Situated Function-Behaviour-Structure Framework for User-Centered Software Design	p. 241
Empirical Examination of the Functional Basis and Design Repository	p. 261
Sketching, Diagrams and Visualization	p. 281
Is There Anything to Expect from 3D Views in Sketching Support Tools?	p. 283
Idea Development Can Occur Using Imagery Only	p. 303
Reaching Out in the Mind's Space	p. 321
From Diagrams to Design: Overcoming Knowledge Acquisition Barriers for Case Based Design	p. 341
Unraveling Complexity	p. 361
Design Creativity	p. 375
Compound Analogical Design: Interaction between Problem Decomposition and Analogical Transfer in Biologically Inspired Design	p. 377
A Model of Creative Design Using Collaborative Interactive Genetic Algorithms	p. 397
An Evolutionary Process Model for Design Style Imitation	p. 417
Design Cognition - 2	p. 437
Using Design Paradigms to Evaluate the Collaborative Design Process of Traditional and Digital Media	p. 439
An Empirical Investigation of Affordances and Conventions	p. 457
Novices' Satisfactory Design, Some Implications for Performance and Satisficing in Character Design	p. 473
Roles of Negotiation Protocol and Strategy in Collaborative Design	p. 491
Design Support	p. 511
Ontology-Based Process Modelling for Design Optimisation Support	p. 513
Learning Symbolic Formulations in Design Optimization	p. 533
Automating the Conceptual Design Process: From Black-box to Component Selection	p. 553
A Case Study of Computing Appraisals in Design Text	p. 573
Trends: A Content-Based Information Retrieval System for Designers	p. 593
Spatial Configuration	p. 613
Urban Identity Through Quantifiable Spatial Attributes	p. 615
Discursive and Non-Discursive Design Processes	p. 635
Using Shape Grammars for Master Planning	p. 655
The Virtual and the Physical	p. 675
Interacting with Virtual Prototypes Coherently with Design Intent	p. 677
Conceptualizing Tangible Augmented Reality Systems for Design Learning	p. 697
Generative Fabrication	p. 713
First Author Email Address	p. 733
Author Index	p. 735
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