A-POSTERIORI NOVELTY ASSESSMENTS FOR SEQUENTIAL DESIGN SESSIONS
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
                        Year: 2018
                        Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
                        Author: Fiorineschi, Lorenzo; Frillici, Francesco Saverio; Rotini, Federico
                        Series: DESIGN
                        Section: DESIGN METHODS
                        Page(s): 1079-1090
                        DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0119
                        
Abstract
Among the various novelty metrics available in literature, those developed by Shah and Vargas-Hernandez are frequently used for academic purposes. More precisely, their “a-posteriori” version is often used for assessing ideation effectiveness of idea generation methods. We observed that when in presence of sequential idea generation sessions of the same task, the application of the recalled metric could lead to misleading results. In this paper, we argue about this problem, and we also provide useful suggestions for a correct “a-posteriori” assessment for sequential idea generation sessions.
Keywords: design evaluation, evaluation, design creativity, novelty, novelty assessment