A computational approach to stimulating creativity in design

Authors:
Hong Liu;Xiyu Liu
Affiliations:
School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, P.R. China;School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, P.R. China
Venue:
CSCWD'05 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design II
Year:
2005

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Abstract

A novel computational approach for stimulating creative idea emergence of designers is presented in this paper. It analyses the emerging process of designers' creative ideas first. Then, a tree structure based genetic algorithm is introduced. The algorithm relies upon the representation of tree structure rather than the representation of binary string in general genetic algorithm. The approach uses binary mathematical expression tree in the tree structure based genetic algorithm to generate 2D sketch shapes and 3D images. Finally, an artwork design example is illustrated to show the approach. General mathematical expressions are used to form 2D sketch shapes in flower vase design. The combination of general and complex function expressions is used to form 3D images in artistic flowers design. It is a preliminary exploration to stimulate human creative thinking by computational intelligence.