The Situated Function — Behaviour — Structure Framework

Gero, John S.; Kannengiesser, Udo

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-0795-4_5

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“…The process that produces situations is called situatedness [5], and can be modelled as the interaction between three worlds [4], as shown in Fig. 1.…”

Section: Design Properties Value Systems and Situationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They are encapsulated in the situation that an agent constructs using its individual view of the world it interacts with. Section 2 represents value systems using the function-behaviour-structure (FBS) ontology, and situations using the idea of three interacting worlds [4]. Section 3 characterises changes of value systems at this ontological level.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding Innovation as Change of Value Systems

Gero

Kannengiesser

2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. This paper presents a view of innovation as a process that changes value systems of producers and adopters of creative design ideas. Value systems comprise interpretations of the function and behaviour of an artefact, encapsulated in a producer's or adopter's situation. Changes in these value systems can be induced using distinct classes of processes. The paper shows that innovation requires changes in the encapsulated value systems of both producers and adopters, driven by their interactions with the artefact and with each other. This provides the basis for a computational, agent-based framework for testing models of innovation.

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“…The process that produces situations is called situatedness [5], and can be modelled as the interaction between three worlds [4], as shown in Fig. 1.…”

Section: Design Properties Value Systems and Situationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Understanding Innovation as Change of Value Systems

Gero

Kannengiesser

2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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“…After all, the latter were designed to cut through the psychological baggage that accompanies the use of over-familiar terms. They were designed to liberate one from any kind of 'fixation' (this term is from Eckert & Stacey, 2001, 2003 on concepts and enable a continuously fresh view and experience of one's 'world' (this term from Gero & Kannengiesser, 2004, inclusive of both a physical space and Boden's, 1992Boden's, , 1994aBoden's, , 1994b. And this is exactly why we believe that examining the mechanics of meditation is of benefit for the social and psychological space of design.…”

Section: On the Difficulties Entailed In Reportingmentioning

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Co-evolution and Contradiction: A Diamond Model of Designer-User Interaction

Pahl¹,

Newnes²

2007

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This paper explores how the Engineering Design process might balance conflicting constraints of technical product design and the social demands of users. Building on a generic 2D map for innovation in design from the author's previous work, a prototype 3D Diamond Model is presented to help structure conversations between Designers and Users -or indeed any other group with apparently opposing aims. In theory, the model draws on the structure of Buddhism (in particular the Mandala of the Five Buddha Families) and managerial cybernetics (in particular Beer's Viable System Model and his Team Syntegrity protocol), to establish how one's worldview might evolve and how a common worldview for two teams can be determined. In practise, a Facilitator or Researcher helps Designers and Users achieve their respective aims, and develop a common one. When a common worldview is achieved, conversations and activities can become mutually informing, coevolving and emotionally satisfactory at both the individual and team levels.

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“…Hubuka distinguishes the purpose function as effects from the technical function as internal structure [6]. The situated FBS framework treats change of requirements [4]. In our collaborative work with the Delft University of Technology, we are extending our framework to include user actions as well [27].…”

Section: Other Kinds Of Functionmentioning

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“…Although much research has been conducted on the representation of function in Artificial Intelligence [2,4,8,17,25], engineering design [5,6,18,21] and Value Engineering [20], there is no common definition of the concept of function itself [2,6,26] and semantic constraints are not enough for deriving effective guidelines for consistent annotation. The authors have established an ontological modeling framework for functional knowledge [9][10][11][12].…”

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Towards Ontologies of Functionality and Semantic Annotation for Technical Knowledge Management

Kitamura

Washio

Koji

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New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

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Abstract. This research aims at promoting sharing of knowledge about functionality of artifacts among engineers, which tends to be implicit in practice. In order to provide a conceptual viewpoint for modeling and a controlled vocabulary, we have developed an ontological framework of functional knowledge. This framework has been successfully deployed in a manufacturing company. This paper firstly discusses an ontological definition of the concept of function from a device-centered viewpoint. Then, other types of function are discussed in order to place our definition in the related concepts in the literature. Next, as an application of the ontologies, we propose a metadata schema based on the functional ontologies for functional annotation in the Semantic Web. The functional metadata annotated to technical documents show designers intentions behind the documents and contribute to efficient retrieval of the documents. Moreover, task-oriented transformation and interoperability with other schemata can be realized based on the ontologies.

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The Situated Function — Behaviour — Structure Framework

Cited by 281 publications

References 5 publications

Understanding Innovation as Change of Value Systems

Understanding Innovation as Change of Value Systems

Co-evolution and Contradiction: A Diamond Model of Designer-User Interaction

Towards Ontologies of Functionality and Semantic Annotation for Technical Knowledge Management

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