The objective of this research is to understand the use of internal analogies in the early phases of engineering design. Empirical studies are used to identify the following: type and role of analogies in designing; levels of abstrac- tion of search and transfer of analogies; role of experience of designers on using analogies; and, effect of analogies on quantity and quality of solution space. The following are the important results: analogies from natural and artificial domains are used to develop requirements and solutions in the early phases of engineering design; experience of designers and nature of design problem influence the usage of analogies; analogies are explored and unexplored at different levels of abstraction of the SAPPhIRE model, and; the quantity and quality of solution space depend on the number of analogies used.
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Kohn, A., Reif, J., Wolfenstetter, T., Kernschmidt, K., Goswami, S., Krcmar, H., … Maurer, M. (2013). Improving Common Model Understanding Within Collaborative Engineering Design Research Projects (pp. 643–654). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1050-4_51
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