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Retrospective analysis for knowledge-based idea generation of new artifacts
Received 22 August 1997;
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Abstract
In this article idea processors are studied as creativity supporting systems. Two related reviews are presented. The first review examines some aspects of idea processors and compares them with some existing work from AI research community. The second review is concerned with using retrospective analysis for technical invention (particularly the invention of artifacts). Retrospective analysis not only opens new opportunities for knowledge-based approaches in idea generation, but also offers new mechanisms to deal with some problems faced by idea processors using object-oriented features. To illustrate our new approach of idea generation, we also provide a brief sketch of our project which uses a Prolog program to implement some key ideas presented in this article.
Author Keywords: Idea processors; Retrospective analysis; Creativity
Article Outline
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Knowledge-based systems for creativity support
- 3. Two disciplines of approaching computational creativity
- 3.1. Idea processors for divergence thinking
- 3.2. Theoretical and experimental studies for computational creativity
- 3.3. Comments: generating new ideas in a more controlled manner
- 4. Retrospective analysis for meta-idea generation
- 4.1. Invention of artifacts
- 4.2. Heuristics for technical invention
- 4.3. Retrospective studies for specific domain analysis
- 4.4. Case studies
- 4.5. Summary: toward a new approach for idea generation
- 5. A Prolog program to explore a new way of idea generation
- 5.1. Frames and inheritance in artifact representation
- 5.2. Generation of new artifacts
- 5.3. Some observations
- 5.4. Relationship with existing work and future work
- 6. Conclusion
- References






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