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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"design knowledge"”.
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Facilitating Design Knowledge Reuse Through Relationships
Design reuse is an approach in which the creation of new designs is based on the identification of previously employed solutions and the incorporation of those into new contexts. This notion has been extensively studied especially by software engineers. This research seeks to support the reuse of …
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Design Knowledge Base Using Natural Language Processing
… in engineering has brought a high hope that designers can learn from past successes and failures. However, this has generally only been possible when the available data is in numerical or graphical form where time series data analytics or convolutional neural networks (CNN) can be used. Very …
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Capturing graphic design knowledge from interactive user demonstrations
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1993.
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Diagnosing undergraduate biology students' experimental design knowledge and difficulties
<p>Experimental design is an important component of undergraduate biology education as it generates knowledge of biology. This dissertation addresses the challenge undergraduate educators face for assessing knowledge of experimental design in biology by examining knowledge of, and difficulties …
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The structure of conservation : experiments in representing design knowledge for arid lands design
… The research consists of a series of "design sessions" in the context of a desert design problem. The goal is to create a knowledge-based system using a commercially available expert shell, which provides the designer with an automated interface to visual references. Data can be seen as …
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Incorporating Design Knowledge into Genetic Algorithm-based White-Box Software Test Case Generators
This thesis shows how to incorporate Unified Modeling Language sequence diagrams into genetic algorithm-based automated test case generators to increase the code coverage of their resulting test cases. Automated generation of test data through evolutionary testing was proven feasible in prior …
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A design performance driven learning framework for conceptual design knowledge : methodology development and applications
… automation of acquisition of bridge conceptual design knowledge. The thesis proposes a new learning methodology explicitly aimed at capturing quality design aspects to help engineer gain insight into good design. The research uses the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) data, which contains more …
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Conceptualising design knowledge and its recontextualisation in the studiowork component of a design foundation curriculum
… curriculum, which has to impart subject knowledge and specialized knowledge valued by industry, whilst simultaneously encouraging the acquisition of vocational identity. This study of a Design Foundation Course’s curriculum is located at a University of Technology which is currently …
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Re-addressing the role of knitted textile design knowledge: auxetic textiles from a practice-led, designer-maker perspective
This study reacts to the segregation of knowledge and practice surrounding weft-knitted textiles, their design and applications. This study challenges current disciplinary practices that divide knit into scientific, design and art areas by describing a designer-maker methodology, which is used to …
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Product development knowledge management portal and case studies to demonstrate the need for better design knowledge management using it
… little success in capturing and storage of the knowledge that goes into making such a complex process in a easy to use and readily accessible way within a detailed framework. This thesis presents a product knowledge management portal to categorize such vast knowledge effectively to achieve those …
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The relationship between epistemic beliefs and knowledge contribution to online communities of practice
… refer to individual beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between individuals’ levels of expertise, epistemic beliefs, and their contributions to an online community of practice. The studied community was hosted by a firm and …
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Causal Product Knowledge Management
… industry base is facing a significant loss of knowledge due to large numbers of employees retiring in the next decade. Problems in various product developments including product design may arise when the expertise is no longer available or the knowledge is forgotten. Also, most of product …
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Learning from cases : retrieving cases in CAD systems based on design criteria
… This thesis investigates encoding design knowledge into architectural design projects through formal computation, and retrieval of cases through satisfying criteria provided by designers. Knowledge in architectural design has been distinguished into domain knowledge and design …
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Developing Heuristic Evaluation Methods for Large Screen Information Exhibits Based on Critical Parameters
Evaluation is the key to effective interface design. It becomes even more important when the interfaces are for cutting edge technology, in application areas that are new and with little prior design knowledge. Knowing how to evaluate new interfaces can decrease development effort and increase the …
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Data structures for context responsive modeling in architecture
Context plays important roles in architecture design, any feelings we implement, or any existing conditions that we try to address in a design process intents emerge. Understanding the relationships between elements in a given design context and how they affect decision making for new ideas is …
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A multiple viewpoint modular design methodology
Engineering Design Re-use refers to the utilisation of any knowledge gained from the design activity to support future design. As such, Engineering Design Re-use approaches are concerned with the support, exploration and enhancement of design knowledge prior, during and after a design activity. …
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User-Centered Critical Parameters for Design Specification, Evaluation, and Reuse: Modeling Goals and Effects of Notification Systems
… inhibiting scientific growth and knowledge reuse that should help designers advance the state-of-the-art. To this end, we developed a framework (referred to as the IRC framework) for notification systems research based on a core taxonomy of critical parameters describing user …
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An analysis of design thinking in applied game design.
The design of an applied game is complicated by needing to balance its usefulness, game- play experience, and sustainability. In the applied design process, game designers occupy a pivotal position between game design knowledge, development team, co-designers, and players. From this complex web of …
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Design of a digitally actuated, micro-scale Cartesian nanopositioner
The purpose of this research is to generate the design knowledge required to produce a small-scale, low-cost precision positioning device. Accurate motion manipulation on the nanometer level is one of the main challenges facing precision engineers today. With more developed nations' economies being …
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