System and method for recommending design alternatives based on responses to semantic prompts

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon for a physical design tool to recommend design alternatives based on responses to semantic prompts, the program code being executed by a processor and comprising:

• program code to identify first design action patterns elicited by a specific semantic prompt that differ across individual designers based on historical data;
• program code to generate sequences of actions with varying similarity to the individual designers to present alternatives to new designers;
• program code to identify second design action patterns that differ across sematic prompts with different linguistic properties;
• program code to train a behavioral model of each of the individual designers based on responses to the specific semantic prompt, responses to the sematic prompts with the different linguistic properties, and the sequences of actions with the varying similarity;
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• program code to display the design alternatives recommended to an individual designer based on the behavioral model created for the individual designer.

A system for a physical design tool to recommend design alternatives based on responses to semantic prompts, the system comprising:

• a first design action pattern identification module to identify first design action patterns elicited by a specific semantic prompt that differ across individual designers based on historical data;
• an action sequence module to generate sequences of actions with varying similarity to the individual designers to present alternatives to new designers;
• a second design action pattern identification module to identify second design action patterns that differ across sematic prompts with different linguistic properties;
• a behavior model training module to train a behavioral model of each of the individual designers based on responses to the specific semantic prompt, responses to the sematic prompts with the different linguistic properties, and the sequences of actions with the varying similarity;
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• a design alternative display module to display the design alternatives recommended to an individual designer based on the behavioral model created for the individual designer.