This book presents a collection of the most current research into systemic creativity and TRIZ, engendering discussion and the exchange of new discoveries in the field. With chapters on idea generation, decision making, creativity support tools, artificial intelligence and literature based discovery, it will include a number of instruments of inventive design automation. Consisting of 15-20 chapters written by leading experts in the theory for inventive problem solving (TRIZ) and adjacent fields focused upon heuristics, the contributions will add to the method of inventive design, dialogue with other tools and methods, and teaching creativity in management education through real-life case studies.

Part I Advances in Theory and Applications of TRIZ1 Current Stage of TRIZ Evolution and Its Popularity; Oleg Abramov and Sergey Sobol2 Design for Change: Disaggregation of Functions in System Architecture by TRIZ-Based Design; Sebastian Koziöek3 Systematic Innovation in Process Engineering: Linking TRIZ and Process Intensification; Pavel Livotov, Arun Prasad Chandra Sekaran, Richard Law, Mas¿udah, and David Reay4 Heuristic Problems in Automation and Control Design: What Can Be Learnt from TRIZ?, Leonid Chechurin, Victor Berdonosov, Leonid Yakovis, and Vasilii Kaliteevskii5 The Adaptive Problem Sensing and Solving (APSS) Model and Its Use for Efficient TRIZ Tool Selection; Alexander Czinki and Claudia Hentschel6 Case: Can TRIZ Functional Analysis Improve FMEA?; Christian Spreafico and Davide Russo7 A TRIZ and Lean-Based Approach for Improving Development Processes; Jens Hammer and Martin Kiesel8 A Method of System Model Improvement Using TRIZ Function Analysis and Trimming; Nikolai Efimov-Soini and Kalle Elfvengren9 Function Analysis Plus and Cause-Effect Chain Analysis Plus with Applications; Min-Gyu LeePart II Advances in Tools and Technologies for Creating New Innovations10 Identification of Secondary Problems of New Technologies in Process Engineering by Patent Analysis; Pavel Livotov, Mas¿udah, Arailym Sarsenova, and Arun Prasad Chandra Sekaran11 Control Design Tools for Intensified Solids Handling Process Concepts; Markku Ohenoja, Marko Paavola, and Kauko Leiviskä12 Anticipatory Failure Determination (AFD) for Product Reliability Analysis: A Comparison Between AFD and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for Identifying Potential Failure Modes; Renan Favarão da Silva and Marco Aurélio de Carvalho13 Computer-Aided Conceptual Design of Building Systems: Linking Design Software and Ideas Generation Techniques; Ivan Renev14 Optimized Morphological Analysis in Decision-Making; Shqipe Buzuku and Andrzej Kraslawski15 Engineering Creativity: The Influence of General Knowledge and Thinking Heuristics, Iouri Belski, Anne Skiadopoulos, Guillermo Aranda-Mena, Gaetano, Cascini, and Davide Russo Part III Advances in Managing Innovations and the Innovation Process16 Levelized Function Cost: Economic Consideration for Design Concept Evaluation; Mariia Kozlova, Leonid Chechurin, and Nikolai Efimov-Soini17 Reflecting Emotional Aspects and Uncertainty in Multi-expert Evaluation: One Step Closer to a Soft Design-Alternative Evaluation Methodology; Jan Stoklasa, Tomáš Talášek, and Jana Stoklasová18 Using Innovation Scorecards and Lossless Fuzzy Weighted Averaging in Multiple-criteria Multi-expert Innovation Evaluation; Mikael Collan and Pasi Luukka19 Innovation Commercialisation: Processes, Tools and Implications; Mikko Pynnönen, Jukka Hallikas, and Mika Immonen

Leonid Chechurin is Professor at the Industrial Management Department of Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. He is also the Head of the System Engineering group at LUT, and Visiting Professor at St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia. His research interests focus on the analysis of systems dynamics based on mathematical modelling, stability analysis, control, the systematic approach for inventive thinking and innovation automation tools.

Mikael Collan is Professor of Strategic Finance at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. His research concentrates on business decision-making under uncertainty. Mikael is past President of the Finnish Operations Research Society (FORS) and an ordinary member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, one of the Finnish Academies of Science.