S mall-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in new product development (NPD)
face many challenges including minimizing NPD costs, meeting high quality demands, and …

New product development (NPD) can be described as both complex and multidisciplinary,
and also as an activity that often requires significant amounts of design knowledge …

A long-term research project is being undertaken to understand how to support engineering
designers through the provision of appropriate knowledge during the design process …

The study of specific design knowledge (SDK) is pan of design science, and contains the
knowledge of the specialist's domain or branch, and particularly the know-how of realizing a …

This research aims to understand the importance of different types of knowledge to
engineering and to understand the number of years of relevant experience required to …

This literature survey aims at representing the current research on the cognitive aspects of
the design activity, with an emphasis on problem-solving processes. The study is based on …

Recent studies suggest that designers rely heavily on their memory and experience when
tackling design tasks [1, 2, 3]. However, how they apply their experience and knowledge is …

Choosing methods and tools to automate engineering design tasks has farreaching
implications. A system that is first established for a limited task may later require being …

This paper investigates expertise development in design—product (industrial) design in
particular. The research concentrates on the modelling of design expertise. The research …

This paper investigates expertise development in design–product (industrial) design in
particular. The research concentrates on the modelling of design expertise. The research …