Many manufacturers today are striving to offer high value-added product-service systems
(PSS) to their customers. Since the success of the PSS largely depends on the …

Increasing global competition has led to massive outsourcing of manufacturing businesses.
Such outsourcing practices require effective collaborations between focal manufacturers …

Many neurocognitive studies endeavor to understand neural mechanisms of basic creative
activities in strictly controlled experiments. However, little evidence is available regarding …

Abstract Concept generation plays a critical role in product design especially in the early
design phase when functional requirements are either uncertain or partially known. To cope …

When given a 'good'workload, human participants can efficiently complete the assigned task
within the time limit, while they may fail to complete it due to low efficiency when given a …

In the development of the next generation computer-aided design (CAD) systems, it is
important to consider systematically the interactions between designers and design tools. As …

Design is a highly nonlinear chaotic dynamic process with many possible solutions, some of
which can be creative. The chaotic nonlinearity of design dynamics triggers mental stresses …

Abstract Design is a ubiquitous, complex, and open-ended creation behaviour that triggers
creativity. The brain dynamics underlying design is unclear, since a design process consists …

Creativity is an important topic in design research. Attempts have been made to develop
methods and tools that can help designers become more creative. Yet how and why …

Eliciting precise and comprehensive product requirements from customers is of critical
importance for the success of product development. In this paper, a generic process is …