Special issue: Computer-aided innovation

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology 30(1/2) 2007

• Fostering innovation in practice through TRIZ-based CAI tools
• Formal innovation criteria
• Development of an empirical-based categorisation scheme for CAI software
• Fan-shape optimisation using CFD and genetic algorithms for increasing the efficiency of electric motors
• Automatic shape and topology variations in 3D CAD environments for genetic optimisation
• Generative design supported by evolutionary computing approach
• A design language for generic space-frame structure design
• A framework for OTSM–TRIZ-based computer support to be used in complex problem management
• A model for problem representation at various generic levels to assist inventive design
• A substance-field ontology to support the TRIZ thinking approach
• Parameter network as a means for driving problem solving process
• Development of an auto-painting technology for dental burs
• Computer simulation of a 3D free-form surface normal machining by 4SPS + RPS and 5SPS/UPU parallel machine tools