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An information-processing account of creative analogies in biologically inspired design

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Swaroop Vattam,

Bryan WiltgenAuthors Info & Claims

C&C '11: Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition

Pages 71 - 80

https://doi.org/10.1145/2069618.2069632

Published: 03 November 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Biologically inspired design perhaps is one of the most important movements in engineering design. The paradigm espouses use of analogies to biology in generating conceptual designs for new technologies. In this paper, we briefly summarize some empirical findings about biologically inspired design, and then develop an information-processing theory of creative analogies in biologically inspired design. We also compare our theory with similar theories. In addition, we examine how biologically inspired design is fundamentally different from other design paradigms.

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An information-processing account of creative analogies in biologically inspired design
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Architecture (buildings)
      1. Computer-aided design
  2. Physical sciences and engineering
    1. Engineering
      1. Computer-aided design

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C&C '11: Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition

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DOI:10.1145/2069618

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