Use of episodic knowledge and information in design problem solving

Willemien Visser (1)

1 INRIA Rocquencourt

In the study examined in this paper, intended at the start to analyse the reuse of problem-solving elements in design, what came to light is that the use of other types of "episodic" data, especially knowledge, also plays an important role in this activity. The paper presents various interesting results and raises different questions. Some of the results concern the contribution of different types and aspects of episodic knowledge to the construction of problem representations and to the development and evaluation of solutions; the types of information sources consulted and the modes employed; and the interest of data gathering from human informants rather than from non-human information sources. Some of the questions concern the distinction between the "reuse" of problem-solving elements and the "use" of other types of episodic data; and differences and distances between knowledge "domains". The paper closes with design-reuse assistance specification, a difficult question given the present state of knowledge on use of episodic data.

Mots clés: Design. Protocol analysis. Episodic Knowledge. Episodic Data. Reuse. Problem solving. Cognition. Case-Based Reasoning

Domaines: Psychologie

Willemien Visser. Use of episodic knowledge and information in design problem solving. Design Studies, 1995, Analysing Design Activity, 16 (2), pp.171-187. ⟨10.1016/0142-694X(94)00008-2⟩. ⟨inria-00633727⟩