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Design patterns specify generic relations among abstract design elements. In the domain of physical devices, design patterns, called generic teleological mechanisms (or GTMs), specify generic functional relations and abstract causal structure of a class of devices. We hypothesise that GTMs are productive units of analogical transfer in device design. We describe a normative theory of analogical design called model-based analogy (or MBA) based on this notion. Whereas design patterns provide a content account of analogical transfer, MBA provides a process account of acquisition, access, and use of GTMs. In particular, MBA shows how structure-behaviour-function models of specific designs enable the acquisition of design patterns, and how goals of adapting familiar designs to meet new design requirements result in the access, transfer, and use of previously learned GTMs. We describe how the IDeAL system evaluates the MBA theory.
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Bhatta, S.R., Goel, A.K. (2002). Design patterns and creative design. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Engineering Design Synthesis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3717-7_16
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