The metaphor machine: A database method for creativity support

A literature review on individual creativity support systems

“…However, the third approach, using creativity enhancement techniques, is dominant in individual creativity support systems (Malaga, 2000;Mueller-Wienbergen et al, 2011). Somewhat similarly, it is argued that there are three levels of computer support for creative work: the secretarial level when computer is used as an electronic blackboard, the framework-paradigm level when computer provides frameworks and examples to guide users, and the generative level when computer can generate ideas (Chen, 1999;Young, 1987). An information processing model of creativity (IPC model) was constructed to guide computational creativity (Schmid, 1996).…”

S(t)imulating Creativity in Decision Making

“…In particular, scholars are increasingly focused on developing an understanding of (i) the manner in which "cognitive biases" affect decision making (Chen, 2003); (ii) the manner in which creativity in decision-making arises (Forgionne and Newman, 2007;Ford, 2000;Malaga, 2000;Volkema, 1995;Young, 1987); and (iii) the manner in which "problem framing" (Nutt, 1998;Nutt, 1993) or "problem structuring" (Rosenhead, 1996) affects decision making. These trends, in turn, have brought the earliest stages of the decision-making process into sharper focus.…”

“…Angehern, 1993). In particular, a number of tools have been specifically designed to support creativity in decision making (see Forgionne and Newman, 2007;Malaga, 2000;Young, 1987 for examples). However, a wide gap still remains between the high potential of DSS and its limited use in organisations (Adam, 2008;Ferioli and Migliarese, 1996;Teng and Galetta, 1991;Galliers, 1987;Alter, 1992).…”

“…Scholars (Ford, 2000;Malaga, 2000;Volkema and Evans, 1995;Elam and Mead, 1990;Young, 1987) in the Decision Support Systems (DSS) field have repeatedly called for research that attempts to directly support creativity in decision making. The significance of creativity in decision-making is that it leads to the identification of novel solutions (Forgionne and Newman, 2007).…”

A Comparison of Four Association Engines in Divergent Thinking Support Systems on Wikipedia

“…Young [8] proposed the "metaphor" machine, which can construct the metaphors of the noun entities by querying those that use the same predicate in a corpus.…”