design-by-analogy

name	design-by-analogy
description	Complete DBA process: problem reframe → source search → map → transfer → adapt. Full Design-by-Analogy methodology for systematic analogical design.
execution	strategy
used-by	cross-domain-discovery

Design by Analogy

Complete Design-by-Analogy (DBA) process following the full methodology: problem reframe → source search → structural mapping → principle transfer → target adaptation.

State Ledger

Resource	Target	Current	%
web-search	30	0	0%
web-research	10	0	0%
paper-overview	30	0	0%
paper-search	20	0	0%
paper-research	10	0	0%

HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

Available Tactics

Tactic	Role
analogy-extraction	Core tactic — full analogy extraction pipeline
domain-divergence	Maximize source domain diversity
bridge-validation	Validate analogy quality before transfer

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
domain-scanning	Search for analogous source domains
abstraction-extraction	Extract abstract design principles from source
structural-mapping	Map source→target structural correspondences
analogy-quality-assessment	Assess analogy depth and transfer viability
transfer-adaptation	Adapt transferred principle to target constraints
cross-domain-synthesis	Synthesize DBA outputs into design proposals

Execution Guidance

1. Problem reframe: Restate the design problem in function-behavior-structure terms
2. Source search: Use domain-scanning across ≥5 distant domains (biology, architecture, materials, social systems, etc.)
3. Abstract sources: Extract design principles from each source using abstraction-extraction
4. Map structure: Apply structural-mapping to align source→target
5. Assess quality: Use analogy-quality-assessment — require STRUCTURAL or SYSTEMIC depth
6. Transfer: Carry principles from source to target domain
7. Adapt: Use transfer-adaptation to fit principles to target constraints and physics
8. Validate: Confirm adapted solution is feasible in target domain
9. Synthesize: Produce structured DBA design report via cross-domain-synthesis