Do Analogies and Analogical Distance Influence Ideation Outcomes in Engineering Design?

V. Srinivasan; Binyang Song; Jianxi Luo; Karupppasamy Subburaj; Mohan Rajesh Elara; Lucienne Blessing; Kristin Wood

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-3966-4_13

Do Analogies and Analogical Distance Influence Ideation Outcomes in Engineering Design?

V. Srinivasan^*, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Karupppasamy Subburaj, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood

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Abstract

The efficacy of using patents for stimulation to support creativity during the concept phase in engineering design is investigated through understanding: (a) the effects of patents for stimulation on generated concepts’ quantity, novelty, and quality and (b) the consequences of stimulating with patents from various distances of analogy on the generated concepts’ novelty and quality. A design experiment is devised in a design course, in which 105 students ideate without and with various patents to generate concepts of spherical robots. The principal observations are as follows: (a) stimulation with as compared to without patents yields more concepts, (b) stimulation with patents, other resources, or their combination as compared to no stimulation yields concepts of higher novelty, (c) stimulation with patents as compared to no patents yields concepts of higher quality, and (d) stimulation with patents, other resources, or their combination as compared to no stimulation yields concepts of higher quality, (e) when the analogical distance between patents and problem domains decreases, quality increases but novelty decreases.

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Applied Cognitive Science and Technology
Subtitle of host publication	Implications of Interactions between Human Cognition and Technology
Editors	Sumitava Mukherjee, Varun Dutt, Narayanan Srinivasan
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	13
Pages	211-230
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-99-3966-4
ISBN (Print)	978-981-99-3965-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3966-4_13
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes

Research Keywords

Design creativity
Novelty
Patents
Quality
Stimuli

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Srinivasan, V., Song, B., Luo, J., Subburaj, K., Elara, M. R., Blessing, L., & Wood, K. (2023). Do Analogies and Analogical Distance Influence Ideation Outcomes in Engineering Design? In S. Mukherjee, V. Dutt, & N. Srinivasan (Eds.), Applied Cognitive Science and Technology: Implications of Interactions between Human Cognition and Technology (pp. 211-230). Springer . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3966-4_13

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Srinivasan, V, Song, B, Luo, J, Subburaj, K, Elara, MR, Blessing, L & Wood, K 2023, Do Analogies and Analogical Distance Influence Ideation Outcomes in Engineering Design? in S Mukherjee, V Dutt & N Srinivasan (eds), Applied Cognitive Science and Technology: Implications of Interactions between Human Cognition and Technology. Springer , pp. 211-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3966-4_13

Do Analogies and Analogical Distance Influence Ideation Outcomes in Engineering Design? / Srinivasan, V.; Song, Binyang; Luo, Jianxi et al.
Applied Cognitive Science and Technology: Implications of Interactions between Human Cognition and Technology. ed. / Sumitava Mukherjee; Varun Dutt; Narayanan Srinivasan. Springer , 2023. p. 211-230.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review