Trends in Computer Aided Innovation: Second IFIP Working Conference on Computer Aided Innovation, October 8-9 2007, Michigan, USA (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology)

International Federation for Information Processing The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing. For more information about the 300 other books in the IFIP series, please visit www.springer.com. For more information about IFIP, please visit www.ifip.org. Front Matter....Pages i-ix UXDs-Driven Contradiction Solving For Conceptual Design Using CAIs....Pages 1-11 Computational Explorations of Compatibility and Innovation....Pages 13-22 Emergent contradictions: A synthesis of TRIZ and complex systems theory....Pages 23-32 Creative Tower Generated by Computational Intelligence....Pages 33-43 General Theory of Innovation....Pages 45-55 Locating Creativity in a Framework of Designing for Innovation....Pages 57-66 Research and Implementation of Product Functional Design Based on Effect....Pages 67-76 OTSM Network of Problems for representing and analysing problem situations with computer support....Pages 77-88 A Text-Mining-based Patent Analysis in Product Innovative Process....Pages 89-96 Technology Innovation of Product Using CAI System Based on TRIZ....Pages 97-106 Axiom-based Potential Functional Failure Analysis for Risk-free Design....Pages 107-114 Using the CAI Software (InventionTool 3.0) to solve complexity problem....Pages 115-123 Generative Art Images by Complex Functions Based Genetic Algorithm....Pages 125-134 Supporting the Sytematization of Early-Stage-Innovation by Means of Collaborative Working Environments....Pages 135-144 Constraint based modelling as a mean to link dialectical thinking and corporate data. Application to the Design of Experiments.....Pages 145-155 Development of Standard Solutions CAI System with UML and XML....Pages 157-165 Computer-Aided Patent Analysis: finding invention peculiarities....Pages 167-178 Automatic shape variations for optimization and innovation....Pages 179-188 Enhancing interoperability in the design process, the PROSIT approach....Pages 189-199 Comparison of Strategies for the Optimization/Innovation of Crankshaft Balance....Pages 201-210 Collaboration in automotive winter testing....Pages 211-220 Future of CAE and Implication on Engineering Education....Pages 221-229 Computer Aided Innovation (CAI) is a young domain in the array of CAx technologies, the goal of which is to support enterprises throughout the complete innovation process. This book has a comprehensive vision which conceives CAI systems beginning at the creative stage of perceiving business opportunities and customer demands, then continuing to help in developing inventions and turning inventions into successful innovations in the market. Computer Aided Innovation considers changes in innovation paradigms inspired by modern Innovation Theories such as TRIZ, ASIT, Axiomatic Design, Synectics, General Theory of Innovation, Mind Mapping, Brain Storming, and Lateral Thinking, among others. The 2nd IFIP Working Conference on Computer Aided Innovation aims at clarifying the essential factors characterizing these new arising tools for bridging the gap between the traditional methods and current trends in search of efficient innovation. Computer Aided Innovation (CAI) is a young domain, the goal of which is to support enterprises throughout the complete innovation process. This comprehensive book presents the most up-to-date research on CAI. It addresses the main motivations of the industrial sector regarding the engineering innovation activity with computer tools and methods. The book also discusses organizational, technological and cognitive aspects of the application of CAI methods and tools.