ABSTRACT
Recalling design cases at the right time is critical to the application of case-based reasoning to design problems. A case-based reasoning approach to design uses a previous design situation as the starting point, or basis, for the generation of a new design solution. The appropriateness of the selected case determines how useful the case-based reasoning approach can be. As designers, we can recall a relevant previous design almost effortlessly. Sometimes we may struggle for a while to remember the relevant details, but we are easily reminded of previous designs. In order for computational support for this reminding to be useful, we need to consider an explicit way of recalling previous designs.
