隐性知识在产品概念设计中的应用

Application of Product Conceptual Design Based on Tacit Knowledge

工业设计领域中,提高产品的设计质量是利益最大化的首要途径,而产品概念设计直接决定产品设计质量,而隐性知识为产品概念创新设计提供了新的思路,因此,提出一种关于隐性知识应用于产品概念设计中的方法。在理解隐性知识概念的前提下,从产品出发,挖掘隐藏在产品中的隐性知识,将这些隐性知识显性化,用人们容易理解、接受的知识进行表达,便于被重新利用。通过收集大量的产品隐性知识,建立产品隐性知识库,借助案例推理(case-based reasoning,CBR)技术,运用相似度计算法,获取知识库中与目标设计要求相似度最大的案例,将其作为目标设计或作参考,直接运用于新产品的开发中。结果表明,该方法不仅能缩短产品设计周期,而且能大大提高产品的质量。本研究为企业迅速抢占市场,赢得市场份额具有一定意义。

In the field of industrial design, improving the quality of the design of the product is the primary way to benefit maximization. The product conceptual design directly decides the product design quality, and the tacit knowledge provides a new method for the product conceptual innovation design. A theory of the application of tacit knowledge was proposed in product conceptual design. Understanding the concept of tacit knowledge, starting from the product, mining tacit knowledge that bidden in the product and be made explicit, with the knowledge of the people easy to understand and accept, it is convenient to be reused. By collecting a large number of products＇ tacit knowledge and building a product tacit knowledge base, the CBR technology was adopted, and the similarity calculation algorithm was used to get the case which had the biggest similarity degree with target design in the base. It could be considered as the design goal or reference, and could be directly used in developing new products. The results indicate that it can shorten product design cycle, and can greatly improve the quality of the products. It has a great significance for quickly obtaining market and winning market share.