{"pk":21593,"title":"Towards a Computational Model of Abstraction in Design Reasoning","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This paper seeks to understand designers' abstraction in ill- structured problem-solving. We utilize a protocol study with expert designers to empirically analyze the abstraction process in the latent need problem setting. A logic-based abstraction schema is found to model the process the designers employed. The study reveals how designers utilize this schema, detailing, developing, and evaluating solutions for ill-structured problems. It highlights the recursive nature of abstraction and raises questions about the termination of the process in ill- structured domains. We conclude by proposing a computational model to further evaluate abstraction in complex problem-solving scenarios.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Problem Solving; Reasoning; Knowledge representation; Logic; Symbolic computational modeling"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/17197716","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ryan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Bruggeman","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northeastern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Estefania","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ciliotta Chehade","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northeastern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Tucker","middle_name":"J","last_name":"Marion","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northeastern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Paolo","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ciuccarelli","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northeastern University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2024-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/21593/galley/11192/download/"},{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/21593/galley/21986/download/"}]}