A cognitive complexity measure for the design process

Authors:
S. Sinha;A. I. Thomson;B. Kumar
Affiliations:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom;Department of Design, Manufacturing & Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Venue:
ICAAICSE '01 Proceedings of the sixth international conference on Application of artificial intelligence to civil & structural engineering
Year:
2001

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Abstract

This paper shows as to how information content may be used to quantify the complexity of a design process. The results presented in this paper are based on the fact that cognitive complexity of the design process is dependent on the context, which in turn consists of a number of factors known as Complexity Generating Factors (CGF). It is shown that information content associated with 'resources' (CGF) gives an indication of the complexity within the design activity. The methodology suggested uses 'information' as a parameter for establishing complexity index to the design process. The content of information has been measured analogically using Shanon's Entropic equation used in information theory.