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An ontology of situated design teams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2007

John S. Gero
Affiliation:
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and Department of Computer Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Udo Kannengiesser
Affiliation:
NICTA, Alexandria, Australia

Abstract

This paper presents an ontological framework for situated design teams in which the team is both the subject and the object of designing. Team designing is modeled using the set of processes provided by the situated function–behavior–structure framework. This is a formal basis for understanding the drivers for change in the product to be designed and in the design team. We specifically focus on changes in a team's structure that emerge from interactions among individual team members and subteams.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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