Cognitive Foundations for Interactive Generative Systems in Early Design
Cognitive Foundations for Interactive Generative Systems in Early Design
Department of Design and Innovation, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Department of Computing, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, De Montfort University, Milton Keynes, UK.
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Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering Design
Technical University of Munich, Munich, 1999, volume 2, pp 1239-1242.
Introduction. Generative systems for automatic design have great potential for enhancing human creativity. Human designers can exploit the ability of AI systems to handle large sets of numerical and symbolic constraints, to explore the design space and create complex technically correct designs that they could not produce on their own. Automatic design systems can use human designers' perceptual skills to evaluate and select designs. But effective use of generative systems for supporting human designers requires an understanding of the design problem: the intrinsic structure of the task, the cognitive capabilities and limitations of human designers, and the cultural influences and social organisation of the design process.
Keywords: generative systems, evolutionary systems, automatic design, HCI, CAD, design psychology, conceptual design.
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Claudia Eckert
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Martin Stacey
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