An integrated interface for proactive, experience-based design support

  • Authors:
  • David B. Leake;Larry Birnbaum;Kristian Hammond;Cameron Marlow;Hao Yang

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, Indiana University, Lindley Hall 215, 150 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, IN;Intelligent Information Laboratory, Northwestern University, 1890 Maple Avenue, Evanston, IL;Intelligent Information Laboratory, Northwestern University, 1890 Maple Avenue, Evanston, IL;The Media Laboratory, Building E15, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA;PDC, MD 270, GB-D68, Vehicle Operations, Ford Motor Company, 21500 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Many case-based reasoning systems have been developed to aid designers by providing them with libraries of prior design experiences. Traditionally, these systems are implemented as stand-alone ``external memories'' for the designer to query manually. This paper presents a contrasting approach that integrates proactive case retrieval into the designer's normal task processes, automatically tailoring information selection and presentation emphasis to fit changing designer needs and attention flow. The paper presents a set of principles for this integrated intelligent design support and describes their application in the Stamping Advisor, a system to support design feasibility analysis for sheet metal automotive parts. The Stamping Advisor interface proactively provides designers with relevant information to support feasibility analysis, automatically prepares their information products, and unobtrusively gathers the information needed to generate new cases to improve the quality of future support.