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On the benefits of digital libraries of case studies of analogical design: Documentation, access, analysis, and learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2015

Ashok K. Goel ,
Gongbo Zhang ,
Bryan Wiltgen ,
Yuqi Zhang ,
Swaroop Vattam  and
Jeannette Yen
Ashok K. Goel*
Affiliation:
Design & Intelligence Laboratory, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Center for Biologically Inspired Design, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gongbo Zhang
Affiliation:
Design & Intelligence Laboratory, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Bryan Wiltgen
Affiliation:
Design & Intelligence Laboratory, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Yuqi Zhang
Affiliation:
Design & Intelligence Laboratory, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Swaroop Vattam
Affiliation:
Design & Intelligence Laboratory, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Jeannette Yen
Affiliation:
Center for Biologically Inspired Design, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
*
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Abstract

Digital libraries of case studies of analogical design have been popular since their advent in the early 1990s. We consider four benefits of digital libraries of case studies of analogical design in the context of biologically inspired design. First, a digital library affords documentation. The 83 case studies in our work come from 8 years of extended, collaborative design projects in an interdisciplinary class on biologically inspired design. Second, a digital library provides on-demand access to the case studies. We describe a web-based library of case studies of biologically inspired design called the Design Study Library (DSL). Third, a compilation of case studies supports analyses of broader patterns and trends. As an example, an analysis of DSL's case studies found that environmental sustainability was a major factor in about a third of the case studies and an explicit design goal in about a fourth. Fourth, a digital library of case studies can support analogical learning. Preliminary results from an exploratory study indicate that DSL may support novice learning about the processes of biologically inspired design.

Keywords

Analogical DesignBiologically Inspired DesignBiomimeticsBiomimicryCase-Based DesignDesign by AnalogyDesign EducationDigital Library
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Special Issue Articles
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AI EDAM , Volume 29 , Issue 2: Analogical Thinking , May 2015 , pp. 215 - 227
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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