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The long-term aim of this research is to develop a method of indexing design knowledge that is intuitive to engineering designers and therefore assists the designers to retrieve relevant information. This paper describes the development and preliminary evaluation of a method of indexing design knowledge. The concepts for the method have been elicited from designers’ descriptions of the design process. The method has been evaluated by indexing 92 reports related to one particular aero-engine.
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Ahmed, S., Wallace, K. (2006). Reusing Design Knowledge. In: ElMaraghy, H.A., ElMaraghy, W.H. (eds) Advances in Design. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-210-1_6
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