Design Dependencies Visualisation Tool - initial alpha release
Heuristics play a great role in design creativity and learning. There is generally no systematic method designers can be provided with in order to derive optimal design solutions. In other words, it is neither possible to list all solutions to a given problem nor to prove the absolute superiority of a given solution. However, guidance can be provided to designers in the form of heuristics, i.e. set of solutions validated by practice, which have proven to lead towards satisfactory solutions, but which are not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect. Heuristics express a supposed causal relation between two design parameters. For example, in the context of automobile development, “overall weight” has a direct relation with “energy consumption in use.”
This tool allows displaying the network built by all causal relations between design parameters. It provides an environment to explore and navigate in this network in order to support creativity in design.
Cite this dataset as:
Bonvoisin, J.,
Buchert, T.,
2018.
Design Dependencies Visualisation Tool - initial alpha release.
Version 0.1.
Bath: University of Bath Research Data Archive.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00518.
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design-dependencies … alpha.zip
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Software: Apache 2.0
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Technische Universität Berlin
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Software: Apache 2.0
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Technische Universität Berlin (Technical University of Berlin)
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100006764
Publication details
Publication date: 5 March 2018
by: University of Bath
Version: 0.1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00518
URL for this record: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/518
Related papers and books
Bonvoisin, J., Buchert, T., and Stark, R., 2018. FORMAL SYSTEM FOR THE EXPRESSION OF TARGET-ORIENTED DESIGN HEURISTICS. In: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia; The Design Society, Glasgow, UK. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0120.
Bonvoisin, J., Mathieux, F., Domingo, L., and Brissaud, D., 2010. Design for energy efficiency: proposition of a guidelines-based tool. In: Marjanovic, D., Storga, M., Pavkovic, N., and Bojcetic, N. (eds.) Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Glasgow: The Design Society, 629-638. Available from: https://www.designsociety.org/publication/29408/design_for_energy_efficiency_proposition_of_a_guidelines-based_tool.
Contact information
Please contact the Research Data Service in the first instance for all matters concerning this item.
Contact person: Jeremy Bonvoisin
Faculty of Engineering & Design
Mechanical Engineering
