NDLI: Natural Language Analysis for Biomimetic Design

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Chiu, I. Shu, L. H.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	Biomimetic design uses ideas from biological phenomena as inspiration in design. To support biomimetic design, biological analogies are identified by finding instances of functional keywords that describe the engineering problem in biological knowledge in natural-language format. Challenges in using this approach include the identification of keywords, and the quantity and quality of results found. WordNet, a lexical database, is used as a language framework to systematically generate alternative keywords to find matches and analyze the results of searches. Troponyms from WordNet were found to provide better and more plentiful keywords than did synonyms. Due to the potentially large number of matches to keywords, matches are analyzed to facilitate extraction of dominant biological phenomena associated with keywords. This analysis found that words that frequently collocated with keywords tend to be objects of the keyword verb or agents that carry out the actions of the keyword. Furthermore, nouns that are inanimate, e.g., substances, tend to be objects, and nouns that are animate e.g., animals, organs, tend to be agents. Distinguishing frequently collocated words and their relationships to keywords can be used to facilitate identification of biological analogies in natural-language format to support design.
Sponsorship	Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
Starting Page	99
Ending Page	107
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0791846962
DOI	10.1115/DETC2004-57250
e-ISBN	0791837424
Volume Number	Volume 3a: 16th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2004 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2004-09-28
Publisher Place	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Biomimetics Design Databases
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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