Using the Collective Intelligence for inventive problem solving: A contribution for Open Computer Aided Innovation

Cat swarm optimization for solving the open shop scheduling problem

This paper aims to prove the efficiency of an adapted computationally intelligence-based behavior of cats called the cat swarm optimization algorithm, that solves the open shop scheduling problem, classified as NP-hard which its importance appears in several industrial and manufacturing applications. The cat swarm optimization algorithm was applied to solve some benchmark instances from the lit...

Crowds and swarms: essays on crowdsourcing and open innovation as instances of collective intelligence and distributed problem solving in science and business

Technology Innovation of Product Using CAI System Based on TRIZ

Technology innovation and creative problem solving are necessary for long-term enterprise survival. Making strategic decisions for product development is a key step in the technical innovation process. Computer-aided innovation (CAI) systems based on TRIZ (Theory of inventive problem solving) support strategic ideas generation of innovation. TRIZ methods are applied to assess the maturity of a ...

Computer-Aided Problem Solving - Part 1: Objectives, Approaches, Opportunities

Among the different aims and scopes of Computer-Aided Innovation (CAI) systems a relevant topic is the support of inventive problem solving tasks. The paper presents the research activity developed by the authors in this domain, encompassing the review of the distinctive features of problems encountered by designers and the common approaches employed to overcome them. A further thread of the in...

TRIZ-aided Innovation in Conceptual Design of Control Strategies

Research on innovative methods for Conceptual Design of Control Strategies (CDCS) is of great theoretical and engineering meaning. In this paper, TRIZ-aided innovation in CDCS was proposed. At first, a systematic approach to build a new theory of inventive problem solving specialized for control strategies (TRIZ-CS) was proposed with its systemic structure was given. Then the Block-Signal analy...