Key Contribution

1989

Knowledge-Based Systems for Creativity
Ernest A Edmonds, Proceedings of Modeling Creativity and Knowledge-Based Creative Design ,Gero & Maher (editors), published in book form by Erlbaum, New Jersey, USA,1993, pp.259-271.

ABSTRACT

Knowledge-based systems have introduced a new mechanism for the support of creativity. Where experts interact with a knowledge base in order to externalize and refine their knowledge they are involved in a process of coming to new understandings. It is that process that is a significant trigger for creative thought. The creative process that can result from this approach can exist in a wide variety of fields. Two examples have been studied. One is a case study of a scientist accelerating the generation of new ideas and the other, which is reported here, is the development of a new form of computer-generated video using precisely the same knowledge-based system approach.