Understanding the knowledge needs of novice designers in the aerospace industry
Abstract The long-term aim of this research is to understand how to support designers through the provision of appropriate knowledge. This paper describes an empirical study that analysed the interactions between novice and experienced engineering designers in the aerospace industry. In total, 633 queries between novice and experienced designers were analysed. The analysis of the queries found that novice designers were aware of their knowledge needs in only 35% of their queries. The findings have implications for the type of support required by novice designers.
Abstract : The present study shows by example the potential amount of information available in a set of observations of targets where there are known relations between these targets. Known relations between objects significantly reduces the set of possible explanations behind a set of observations. The application here is classification of military targets. Cost functions and interaction with decision makers extend the feasibility of the present approach meaningfully to treat many observations and possible targets behind these.