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Computational Design Creativity Evaluation

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Design Computing and Cognition '14

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This paper presents a simple framework for computational design creativity evaluation, presenting its components with rationale. Components are linked to recent computational creativity research in both art and design. The framework assumes that the product, not the process, is being evaluated, and that evaluation is done by comparison with descriptions of existing products using a set of aspects that each suggest creativity. Not every evaluation will use all of the components of the framework. It can be used to guide or assess design creativity research.

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Brown, D.C. (2015). Computational Design Creativity Evaluation. In: Gero, J., Hanna, S. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition '14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14956-1_12

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