... as utility functions over the aesthetic space, so that new higher utility product forms can be proposed and explored. To do so, the form is summarized with underlying latent form characteristics, and these underlying characteristics are specified to be attributes in a utility function. Consumer surveys...

... a utility function as a local approximation of the efficient frontier is presented and investigated at different locations of candidate solutions, with different ranges of interest, and for efficient frontiers with both convex and nonconvex behaviors. As an integral part of the interactive robust design...