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ARGUMENTATION ET CONCEPTION COLLABORATIVE DE PRODUITS INDUSTRIELS

Cassier, Jean Laurent


Type:
Language:
French
Year:
2010
Author:
Supervisor:
Brissaud, Daniel; Lund, Kristine; Prudhomme, Guy
Institution:
Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, Université de Grenoble
Page(s):
260
Abstract:
Our work characterizes the augmentative process by which designers having different expertise interact in order to elaborate a splution that satisfies each of the designer's constraints. In a first empirical study, researchers in linguistics, cognitice science and mechanical engineering jointly carry out a descriptive analysis. This analysis allows us to define typology of collaborative interactions in design. We identify a set of interactional mechanisms showing, for example predominance of certain interactions of the similarity designers' profiles. We then build argument graphs that help us to identify patterns of argumentative interactions already known in the literature. The analysis of our graphs also shows the importance of the analogy criterion in design activity. During our second empirical study, we create and implement a tool to assist designers in collectively constructing analogies. However, the tool is not integrated into our designers' practices and thus we reflect upon the necessary conditions for practitioners' successful appropriation of new tools. Notre travail caractérise le processus argumentatif par lequel des concepteurs, porteurs d'expertises différentes, interagissent pour élaborer une solution satisfaisant les contraintes de chacun d'entre eux. Dans une premičre étude de cas, une analyse descriptive menée conjointement par des chercheurs en linguistique, en sciences cognitives et en mécanique, nous permet de dresser une typologie des interactions collaboratives de conception. Nous identifions un ensemble de mécanismes interactionnels, montrant la prédominance de certaines interactions ou encore la similarité des profils des concepteurs. nous construisons ensuite des graphes argumentatifs qui nous aident à identifier des patterns d'interactions argumentatives déjà connus. L'analyse des graphes montre également l'importance du critčre d'analogie dans l'activité des conception. Pour notre seconde étude de cas, nous concevons un outil d'assistance à la conception qui doit aider les concepteurs à construire des analogies collectivement. L'outil implémenté n'est pas intégré aux pratiques des concepteurs, ce qui nous conduit à nous interroger sur les conditions de la mise en place.
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