A Computational Model of Collaborative Creativity

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Banerjee ◽  
Juan C. Quiroz ◽  
Sushil J. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Design Studies ◽  
Fitness Evaluation ◽  
Interactive Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Social Creativity ◽  
Opening Up

The role of collaboration in the realm of social creativity has been the focus of cutting edge research in design studies. In this paper, the authors investigate the role of collaboration in the process of creative design and propose a computational model of creativity based on the newly proposed meta-design approach. Meta-design is a unique participatory approach to design that deals with opening up of design solution spaces, and is aimed at creating a viable social platform for collaborative design. A meta-design-based collaborative approach to the design process may achieve ET-creativity by expanding the conceptual space of design beyond what would have been possible by individual, non-collaborative design. The model has been implemented using interactive genetic algorithms, which casts the design problem as an optimization problem and uses a set of collaborative users for subjective fitness evaluation. The design problems investigated include the collaborative design of architectural floorplans and editorial design of brochures.

A Computational Model of Collaborative Creativity

2013 ◽  
pp. 132-152
Author(s):  
Amit Banerjee ◽  
Juan C. Quiroz ◽  
Sushil J. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Fitness Evaluation ◽  
Collaborative Creativity ◽  
Interactive Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Opening Up

The role of collaboration in the realm of social creativity has been the focus of cutting edge research in design studies. In this paper, the authors investigate the role of collaboration in the process of creative design and propose a computational model of creativity based on the newly proposed meta-design approach. Meta-design is a unique participatory approach to design that deals with opening up of design solution spaces, and is aimed at creating a viable social platform for collaborative design. A meta-design-based collaborative approach to the design process may achieve ET-creativity by expanding the conceptual space of design beyond what would have been possible by individual, non-collaborative design. The model has been implemented using interactive genetic algorithms, which casts the design problem as an optimization problem and uses a set of collaborative users for subjective fitness evaluation. The design problems investigated include the collaborative design of architectural floorplans and editorial design of brochures.

Design Patterns as Tools to Support Social Creativity and Knowledge Management in Collaborative Design Processes

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 343-350
Author(s):  
Claudia Iacob
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Pattern Languages ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Software Designers ◽  
Social Creativity ◽  
Related Design

This paper addresses the problem of knowledge creation, integration and dissemination in communities of software designers. The solution identified is represented by design patterns, tools to support social creativity providing a way of capturing and sharing knowledge related to design problems arising in creative collaborative design processes. Inter-related design problems are documented by inter-related design patterns, which form pattern languages. The paper describes design patterns and pattern languages and illustrates the ways in which they support social creativity and knowledge creation, integration and dissemination in communities of software designers.

scholarly journals Becoming Child and Sustainability—The Kindergarten Teacher as Agency Mobiliser for Sustainability through Keeping the Concept of the Child in Play

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5588
Author(s):  
Anita Tvedt Crisostomo ◽  
Anne B. Reinertsen
Keyword(s):  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Kindergarten Teacher ◽  
Felix Guattari ◽  
Teacher Roles ◽  
Educational Organization ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
And Function ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Power Position

In this article, we seek to theorize the role of the kindergarten teacher as an agency mobiliser for sustainability through keeping the concept of the child in play, ultimately envisioning the child as a knowledgeable and connectable collective. This implies a non-dialectical politics of multiplicity ready to support and join a creative pluralism of educational organization and teacher roles for sustainability. Comprising friction zones between actual and virtual multiplicities that replace discursive productions of educational policies with enfoldedness, relations between bodies and becomings. This changes the power, position and function of language in and for agency and change. Not through making the child a constructivist change-agent through language but through opening up the possibilities for teachers to explore relations between language and matter, nature and culture and what might be produced collectively and individually. We go via the concepts of agencement expanding on the concept of agency, and conceptual personae directing the becoming of the kindergarten teacher. Both concepts informed by the transformational pragmatics of Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) and Félix Guattari (1930–1992). The overarching contribution of this article is therefore political and pragmatic and concerns the constitution of subjectivity and transformative citizenships for sustainability in inter- and intra-generational perspectives.

scholarly journals A computational model of cell culture dynamics: the role of connectivity and synaptic receptors in the appearance of synchronized bursting events

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Lonardoni ◽  
Stefano Di Marco ◽  
Hayder Amin ◽  
Luca Berdondini ◽  
Thierry Nieus
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Computational Model ◽  
Synaptic Receptors ◽  
Bursting Events

scholarly journals THink: Inferring Cognitive Status from Subtle Behaviors

AI Magazine ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Davis ◽  
David Libon ◽  
Roda Au ◽  
David Pitman ◽  
Dana Penney
Keyword(s):  
Neuropsychological Testing ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Major Advance ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Clock Drawing Test ◽  
The Past ◽  
Drawing Test ◽  
Testing Technology ◽  
Opening Up

The digital clock drawing test is a fielded application that provides a major advance over existing neuropsychological testing technology. It captures and analyzes high precision information about both outcome and process, opening up the possibility of detecting subtle cognitive impairment even when test results appear superficially normal. We describe the design and development of the test, document the role of AI in its capabilities, and report on its use over the past seven years. We outline its potential implications for earlier detection and treatment of neurological disorders. We set the work in the larger context of the THink project, which is exploring multiple approaches to determining cognitive status through the detection and analysis of subtle behaviors.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Marc Belissa ◽  
Gary Berton
Keyword(s):  
General Framework ◽  
American English ◽  
Atlantic History ◽  
Thomas Paine ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Second International

The volume contains six contributions (and an introduction) that have been presented in the Thomas Paine Second International Conference held in Paris Ouest Nanterre in 2014. All scholars involved in the field of research of Atlantic history agree on the fact that the partitioning between ‘national’ historiographies (American, English and French) is detrimental in the understanding of the role of specific transatlantic actors, of which Thomas Paine is one the most spectacular example for the era of the revolutions (1760–1830). This conference gathered American, British and French historians to develop this fruitful approach. The papers presented here participate in the historiographic opening up of studies on Thomas Paine and propose studies, reflexion and specific comments on how Thomas Paine converges within the general framework of Atlantic history and Republicanism history.

scholarly journals Using chemical biology to assess and modulate mitochondria: progress and challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20160151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Logan ◽  
Michael P. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Function ◽  
Chemical Biology ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Many ◽  
Opening Up

Our understanding of the role of mitochondria in biomedical sciences has expanded considerably over the past decade. In addition to their well-known metabolic roles, mitochondrial are also central to signalling for various processes through the generation of signals such as ROS and metabolites that affect cellular homeostasis, as well as other processes such as cell death and inflammation. Thus, mitochondrial function and dysfunction are central to the health and fate of the cell. Consequently, there is considerable interest in better understanding and assessing the many roles of mitochondria. Furthermore, there is also a growing realization that mitochondrial are a promising drug target in a wide range of pathologies. The application of interdisciplinary approaches at the interface between chemistry and biology are opening up new opportunities to understand mitochondrial function and in assessing the role of the organelle in biology. This work and the experience thus gained are leading to the development of new classes of therapies. Here, we overview the progress that has been made to date on exploring the chemical biology of the organelle and then focus on future challenges and opportunities that face this rapidly developing field.

Foraging-Directed Adaptive Linear Programming: An Algorithm for Solving Nonlinear Mixed Discrete/Continuous Design Problems

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemper Lewis ◽  
Farrokh Mistree
Keyword(s):  
Linear Programming ◽  
Continuous Variables ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Design Studies ◽  
Design Models ◽  
Sequential Linearization ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Design models often contain a combination of discrete, integer, and continuous variables. Previously, the Adaptive Linear Programming (ALP) Algorithm, which is based on sequential linearization, has been used to solve design models composed of continuous and Boolean variables. In this paper, we extend the ALP Algorithm using a discrete heuristic based on the analogy of an animal foraging for food. This algorithm for mixed discrete/continuous design problems integrates ALP and the foraging search and is called Foraging-directed Adaptive Linear Programming (FALP). Two design studies are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and behavior of the algorithm.

A Genetic Algorithm for Scheduling and Decomposition of Multidisciplinary Design Problems

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen S. Altus ◽  
Ilan M. Kroo ◽  
Peter J. Gage
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Heuristic Method ◽  
Merit Function ◽  
Multidisciplinary Design ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Design Studies ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
Complex Engineering

Abstract Complex engineering studies typically involve hundreds of analysis routines and thousands of variables. The sequence of operations used to evaluate a design strongly affects the speed of each analysis cycle. This influence is particularly important when numerical optimization is used, because convergence generally requires many iterations. Moreover, it is common for disciplinary teams to work simultaneously on different aspects of a complex design. This practice requires decomposition of the analysis into subtasks, and the efficiency of the design process critically depends on the quality of the decomposition achieved. This paper describes the development of software to plan multidisciplinary design studies. A genetic algorithm is used, both to arrange analysis subroutines for efficient execution, and to decompose the task into subproblems. The new planning tool is compared with an existing heuristic method. It produces superior results when the same merit function is used, and it can readily address a wider range of planning objectives.

Collaborative Design System for Electromechanical Products

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Narikawa ◽  
Kazuo Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Information Management System ◽  
Design System ◽  
3D Cad ◽  
Cad System ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Electromechanical Products

Abstract This paper gives an overview of a collaborative design system (CDS) for electromechanical products. To reduce design costs and to manufacture high-quality products, it is well known that concurrent engineering (CE) is a very efficient approach. Three-dimensional (3D) CAD system and engineering database system are essential components of CE. The CDS is an environment to realize CE. By creating 3D models in a computer and performing some simulations such as mechanical, electronic, software simulation and integrated simulations, it is possible to estimate functions, assemblability, manufacturability and so on, before making prototype models. In this paper, we outline the CDS and mainly discuss the total information management system (TIMS) which makes an important role of the CDS. This paper describes the implementation experience of some functions of the TIMS.

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