C-K design theory or concept-knowledge theory is both a design theory and a theory of reasoning in design. It defines design reasoning as a logic of expansion processes, i.e. a logic that organizes the generation of unknown objects. The theory builds on several traditions of design theory, including systematic design, axiomatic design, creativity theories, general and formal design theories,Braha D. and Maimon O. 1998. A Mathematical Theory of Design: Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications. Springer. and artificial intelligence-based design models . Claims made for C-K design theory include that it is the first design theory that: The first draft of C-K theory was sketched by Armand Hatchuel, and then developed by Hatchuel and his colleague, Benoît Weil. Recent publications explain C-K theory and its practical application in different industries.Hatchuel A., Le Masson P. & Weil B. (2004), C-K Theory in Practice: Lessons from Industrial Applications , 8th International Design Conference, D. Marjanovic, (Ed.), Dubrovnik, 18–21 May 2004: 245–257. C-K theory is a research field and a teaching area in several academic institutions in France, Switzerland, Israel, the UK, the US, and Sweden. C-K theory claims to have overcome these three limitations. It uses an approach which is domain-independent and which allows acting on unknown objects, and changes of the definitions of known objects during the process (revision of objects' identities).Hatchuel A. and Weil B., C-K design theory: An advanced formulation, Research in Engineering Design, 19(4):181–192, 2009 C-K theory was shown by Hatchuel and Weil to be closely related to Braha's Formal Design Theory and its clarification by Braha and Reich's Coupled Design Theory,Braha D. and Reich Y. 2003. Topological Structures for Modeling Complex Engineering Design Processes. Research in Engineering Design 14(4): 185-199. which are both based on topological structures for design modeling.
C-K design theory or concept-knowledge theory is both a design theory and a theory of reasoning in design. It defines design reasoning as a logic of expansion processes, i.e. a logic that organizes the generation of unknown objects. The theory builds on several traditions of design theory, including systematic design, axiomatic design, creativity theories, general and formal design theories,Braha D. and Maimon O. 1998. A Mathematical Theory of Design: Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications. Springer. . Claims made for C-K design theory include that it is the first design theory that: The first draft of C-K theory was sketched by Armand Hatchuel, and then developed by Hatchuel and his colleague, Benoît Weil. Recent publications explain C-K theory and its practical application in different industries.Hatchuel A., Le Masson P. & Weil B. (2004), C-K Theory in Practice: Lessons from Industrial Applications , 8th International Design Conference, D. Marjanovic, (Ed.), Dubrovnik, 18–21 May 2004: 245–257. C-K theory uses an approach which is domain-independent and which allows acting on unknown objects, and changes of the definitions of known objects during the process (revision of objects' identities).Hatchuel A. and Weil B., C-K design theory: An advanced formulation, Research in Engineering Design, 19(4):181–192, 2009 C-K theory was shown by Hatchuel and Weil to be closely related to Braha's Formal Design Theory and its clarification by Braha and Reich's Coupled Design Theory,Braha D. and Reich Y. 2003. Topological Structures for Modeling Complex Engineering Design Processes. Research in Engineering Design 14(4): 185-199. which are both based on topological structures for design modeling.
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C-K theory is a research field and a teaching area in several academic institutions in France, Switzerland, Israel, the UK, the US, and Sweden.
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claims to have overcome these three limitations. It