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Seventh International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, TMCE 2008 at Turkey, April 21 - 25, 2008. The focus of the TMCE 2008 Symposium will be on scientific, technological, economic and cultural collaboration and competition between East and West. It will be organized by the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and will be held in Izmir, Turkey. [#j44c178b]
Presentation topic (24th April): †
MEANING STRUCTURE MODELING ON THE DESIGN CONCEPTUAL LEVEL
Abstract: †
The presented new approach and methodology are based on the structure of meanings in the design process. The search and evaluation of meanings are the foundations of developing this structure of meanings. An existing visualization of WordNet? is used for the process of meaning search. The WordNet?::Similarity software for the measure of the relatedness of meanings in this database is the basic tool used for the evaluation process. Search and evaluation techniques are later on incorporated into methodology of the structure of meanings to support the design process. The measures of relatedness of meanings are developed as a criterion for application in the evaluation processes. Further on, a design example is discussed to clarify possible implications of the design methodology.
