Design Computing and Cognition '08

Preface; List of Reviewers; SHAPE GRAMMARS; Automating the Creation of Shape Grammar Rules, by Seth Orsborn, Jonathan Cagan and Peter Boatwright; Ontologies and Shape Grammars: Communication Between Knowledge-Based and Generative Systems, by François Grobler, Ajla Aksamija, Hyu,aoo Kim, Ramesh Krishnamurti, Kui Yue and Casey Hickerson; Categorisation of Designs According to Preference Values for Shape Rules, by Sungwoo Lim, Miquel Prats, Scott Chase and Steve Garner; A Technique for Implementing a Computation-Friendly Shape Grammar Interpreter, by Kui Yue and Ramesh Krishnamurti; Approximating Shapes with Topologies, by Djordje Krstic; DESIGN COGNITION - 1; Diagrams as a Tool in the Design of Information Systems, by Jeffvey Nickerson, James Corter, Barbara Tversky, Doris Zahner and Yun Jin Rho; Form as a Visual Encounter: Using Eye Movement Studies for Design Reasoning, by Ameya Athavankar; The Role of Immersivity in Three-Dimensional Mental Rotation, by Maria Kozhevnikov and Jodie Royan; Comprehension of Layout Complexity: Effects of Architectural Expertise and Mode of Presentation, by Christoph Holscher and Ruth Conroy Dalton; KNOWLEDGE-BASED DESIGN; Guitar Hero: A Knowledge-Based System to Support Creativity in the Design and Manufacturing of Electric Guitars, by Stefania Bandini, Andrea Bonomi and Fabio Sartori; Discovering Implicit Constraints in Design, by Madan Mohan Dabbeeru and Amitabha Mukerjee; Capturing Collaborative Design Decisions and Rationale, by Janet Burge and James Kiper; Setting Up The Situated Function-Behaviour-Structure Framework For User-Centered Software Design, by Matthias UJacker and Alexander Zeier; Empirical Examination of the Functional Basis and Design Repository, by Benjamin Caldwell, Chiradeep Sen, Gregory Mocko, Joshua Summers and Georges Fadel; SKETCHING, DIAGRAMS AND VISUALIZATION; Is There Anything to Expect from 3D CAAD Views in Sketching Support Tools?, by Françoise D arses,Anais Mayeur, Catherine Elsen and Pierre Leclercq; Idea Development Can Occur Using Imagery Only, by Zafar Bilda and John Gero; Reaching Out in the Mind's Space, by Uday Athavankar, Prasad Bokil, Guruprasad Kuppu Rao, Rajendra Patsute and Susmita Sharma; From Diagrams to Design: Overcoming Knowledge Acquisition Barriers for Case Based Reasoning in Design, by Michael Helms and Ashok Goel; Unraveling Complexity: A Computational Approach for the Generation of All Underlying Structures of Three-Dimensional Shapes with an n-Fold Symmetry Axis, by Athanassios Econornou and Thomas Grasl; DESIGN CREATIVITY; Compound Analogical Design: Interaction Between Problem Decomposition and Analogical Transfer in Biologically Inspired Design, by Swaroop Vattam, Michael Helms and Ashok Goel; A Model of Creative Design Using Collaborative Interactive Genetic Algorithms, by Amit Banerjee, Juan Quiroz and Sushi1 Louis; An Evolutionary Process Model for Design Style Imitation, by Andrés Ghez de Silva Garza and Arám Zamora Lores; DESIGN COGNITION - 2; Using Design Paradigms to Evaluate the Collaborative Design Process of Traditional and Digital Media, by Hsien-Hui Tang and Yu-Ying Lee; An Empirical Investigation of Affordances and Conventions, by Jeremiah Still and Veronica Dark Novices' Satisfactory Design: Some Implications for Performance and Satisficing in Character Design, by Tsai-Yun Mou and Chun-Heng Ho; Roles of Negotiation Protocol and Strategy in Collaborative Design, by Yan Jin and Mathieu Geslin; DESIGN SUPPORT; Ontology- Based Process Modelling for Design Optimization Support, by Franz Maier, Arndt Muehlenfeld, Markus Stumptner and Wolfgang Mayer; Learning Symbolic Formulations in Design Optimization, by Somwrita Sarkar, Andy Dong and John Gero; Automating the Conceptual Design Process: From Black-Box To Component Selection, by Tolga Kurtoglu, Albert Swantner and Matthew Campbell; A Case Study of Computing Appraisals in Design Text, by Xiong