Abstract: This work lends insight into the meaning and impact of “nearâ€‌ and “farâ€‌ analogies. A cognitive engineering design study is presented that examines the effect of the distance of analogical design stimuli on design ...

Abstract: Design researchers have struggled to produce quantitative predictions for exactly why and when diversity might help or hinder design search efforts. This paper addresses that problem by studying one ubiquitously used search ...