Title :
DMML: A Design Thinking Process Modeling Language
Author :
Liu, Jihong ; Zhang, Minqing ; Hu, Xujie
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng. & Autom., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Because design is an iterative and evolving process, recording and representing designer´s thinking process plays an important role for design change and reuse. After giving a brief review of the previous related research, a design thinking process model is created for representing the design thinking process. Its knowledge structure consisting of design intent, design decision, design rationale and design operation is explained in detail. Based on the proposed model, a knowledge modeling language (Design Mental Modeling Language, DMML) is developed for expressing and reasoning the design thinking process explicitly. Semi-formal structure is used by DMML, which can improve both the expressiveness and computability of this language. A visual modeling system is developed for implementing DMML and an example is presented for illustration.
Keywords :
computability; inference mechanisms; problem solving; simulation languages; DMML; computability; design decision; design intent; design mental modeling language; design operation; design rationale; design thinking modeling language; design thinking process representation; iterative process; knowledge modeling language; knowledge structure; visual modeling system; Cognition; Computational modeling; Computers; Grammar; Solid modeling; Unified modeling language; Visualization; design intent; design thinking process; knowledge representation; modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/Graphics), 2011 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jinan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1079-7
DOI :
10.1109/CAD/Graphics.2011.56
