Tools for innovation / edited by Arthur B. Markman, Kristin L. Wood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markman, Arthur B.

Wood, Kristin L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative thinking.

Industrial design.

Creative ability.

Cognitive science--Research.

Cognitive science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique and exciting collaboration explores the practical methods that support innovation and creative design, from different ways of thinking and conceptualizing to computer-based tools. The authors present research on processes as well as on the evaluation of existing methods.

Contents:

The cognitive science of innovation tools / Arthur B. Markman and Kristin L. Wood

On "out-of-the-box" thinking in creativity / Robert W. Weisberg

"Putting blinkers on a blind man" : providing cognitive support for creative processes with environmental cues / Bo T. Christensen and Christian D. Schunn

Thinking with sketches / Barbara Tversky and Masaki Suwa

Supporting innovation by promoting analogical reasoning / Arthur B. Markman ... [et al.]

Constraints and consumer creativity / C. Page Moreau and Darren W. Dahl

The development and evaluation of tools for creativity / Steven M. Smith ... [et al.]

ConceptNets for flexible access to knowledge / Thomas B. Ward

Innovation through transformational design / Vikramjit Singh ... [et al.]

Introduction of design enabling tools : development, validation, and lessons learned / Joshua D. Summers, Srinivasan Anandan, and Sudhakar Teegavarapu

Supporting innovative construction of explanatory scientific models / Will Bridewell, Stuart R. Borrett, and Pat Langley.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-045235-8

9786612328374

1-282-32837-9

0-19-970064-8

OCLC:

821627220