Jiami Yang

• Master of Quality Systems Engineering (MASc)
• PhD Student at Concordia University

Implementation is ubiquitous. The identification of barriers to implementation is critical for achieving implementation success. This paper introduces and discusses a deductive theory-based framework, TASKS, to guide the identification of implementation barriers. The TASKS framework deals with the relationships between a Task and the task implement...

Design is a highly nonlinear chaotic dynamic process with many possible solutions, some of which can be creative. The chaotic nonlinearity of design dynamics triggers mental stresses in designers, whose creativity happens only when their mental stresses are at an optimal level. Following a deductive approach, this paper investigates how knowledge c...

As sustainability becomes increasingly important, product design is taking a proactive role in producing products that are both useful and sustainable. This paper introduces and discusses a tool named Environment-based life cycle decomposition (eLCD) to adapt the Environment-based Design (EBD) methodology to sustainable design. The eLCD brings to E...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze theory of inventive problem-solving (TRIZ) in terms of knowledge, skill, workload and affect to understand its effectiveness in enabling designers to achieve their optimized mental performance. Design/methodology/approach TASKS framework, which aims to capture the causal relations among Task workload...

This paper proposes a novel framework for building semantic networks from a seed design statement using Recursive Object Modeling (ROM), Word2Vec language modelling, and vector semantic-based method. Semantic Scholar API was used to retrieve abstracts of scientific papers to build ROM-based Semantic Networks to address the design problem implied in...

Objective Effective management of hypertension requires not only medical intervention but also significant patient self-management. The challenge, however, lies in the diversity of patients' personal barriers to managing their condition. The objective of this research is to identify and categorize personalized barriers to hypertension self-manageme...

In response to evolving societal and technical demands, this research explores the dynamic landscape of product evolution, focusing on the case study of braking systems. Acknowledging the critical role of product evolution analysis in design phases, the study introduces the Environment-Based Design (EBD) methodology. EBD emphasizes environmental an...

Waste management systems have always been considered complex. Scholars have studied waste management mostly from a macro perspective for a long time, considering waste management policies as a fraction of this complex system. This study presents the causal variables and feedback relationships related to waste management from another perspective, fr...

Design is a highly nonlinear chaotic dynamic process with many possible solutions, which requires enormous knowledge for designers. This paper investigates how environment-based design (EBD) methodology can help designers use only necessary knowledge for their creativity based on three methods: information search, knowledge acquisition and knowledg...

Existing data quality criteria often focus on the quality of the data itself while overlooking other aspects such as the relevance between data and downstream tasks. Furthermore, prior to data collection, policy-makers lack ground truths or labelled data, and are unable to filter data using quantitative criteria. To ensure the collection of reliabl...

With the emergence of information systems, computer technologies to understand users have become essential. Applying and developing user-centered design methodology was a reply to this new trend. The main characteristic of HCD/UCD is the involvement of humans (users) in the design process. HCD/UCD accommodates human engagement from the beginning of...

The research question is to identify personalized patients' barriers in hypertension self-management, such as physical activities, healthy diet, regular checkups. Self-management depends on individual capabilities to manage their health conditions, with or without the support of health care providers. Our team is applying the TASKS framework to det...

As the urban population grows and the global economy develops, municipal solid waste management (MSWM) has become an increasingly prominent global issue. MSWM is particularly difficult in developing countries due to its high cost and time-consuming nature. The Environment-based design (EBD) can potentially contribute to global MSWM by reducing cost...