triz

TRIZ Cross-Domain Analysis

When To Use

• Stuck on a problem and need perspectives from other domains
• Exploring cross-domain analogies for inventive solutions

When NOT To Use

• Standard code search or literature review (use other

tome channels)

• Problems with obvious, well-known solutions

Apply Altshuller's Theory of Inventive Problem Solving to find solutions from adjacent fields.

Depth Levels

| Depth | Fields | Analysis | |-------|--------|----------| | light | 1 | Contradiction only | | medium | 2 | Contradiction and field mapping | | deep | 3 | Full matrix and principles | | maximum | 5 | Distant fields and full TRIZ |

Workflow

1. Abstract the problem into TRIZ formulation
2. Identify technical contradiction
3. Map to adjacent fields using Semantic Scholar's

field taxonomy

1. Search for solved analogues in those fields
2. Build bridge mappings with rationale

Field Mapping Strategy

• Software architecture: civil engineering, biology
• Data structures: logistics, materials science
• Algorithms: operations research, genetics
• Security: military strategy, immunology
• Financial: game theory, ecology