Exploration and Innovation in Design : Towards a Computational Model

"Exploration and Innovation in Design" offers both conceptual and computational models of processes which have the potential to produce innovative results at early stages of design.

Discussed here is the concept of exploration where the system, using computational processes, moves outside pre-defined available decisions.

Sections of this volume discuss areas such as design representation and search, exploration and the emergence of new criteria, and precedent-based adaptation.

The author describes the overall architecture of a design system and shows how the pieces fit together.

Concluding chapters of the book discuss the relationships of work in design to other research efforts, applications, and future research directions in design.