Understanding and Improving the Mechanical Design Process

本项目将研究设计的使用和效果 关于艺术品重新设计质量的历史 以受控 实验，设计师将获得一个“设计历史” 并被要求执行重新设计任务。 设计历史，基于 根据先前研究中收集的方案数据和 FMC公司提供的10种设计的回顾性研究， 将在一个计算机化的浏览工具中正式呈现。 通过 将使用历史的设计师的表现与 对照组不使用历史，使用效果 将评估重新设计质量的设计历史。

This project will study the use and effect of design histories on the quality of artifact re-designs. In controlled experiments, designers will be given access to a "design history" and asked to perform a re-design task. Design histories, based on the protocol data gathered in a previous study and on a retrospective study of ten designs provided by FMC Corporation, will be formally represented in a computerized browsing tool. By comparing the performance of designers who use the history with a control group that does not use the history, the effects of using a design history on the quality of re-design will be evaluated.