Welcome to the March 2009 Issue of The TRIZ Journal
Function-behavior-structure, knowledge-based system, non-technical problem solving, pointers to effects, gamma, soil… All this and more in March's issue of The TRIZ Journal.
TRIZ on Design-oriented Knowledge-based Systems
By Vicente Chulvi and Rosario Vidal
How to establish a relationship between the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) functional basis and TRIZ taxonomies as a first step toward the creation of a library of TRIZ-based algorithms.Pointers to Effects for Non-technical Problem Solving
By Hongyul Yoon
Efficiency and effectiveness of TRIZ for solving non-technical problems appears to be much lower than what is used for technical problem solving. The absence of pointers to effects for non-technical problem solving should be one of the main causes.Student Corner: Measuring Moisture Content of Soil
By Abram Teplitskiy
The mass of a neutron is practically equal to the mass of an atom of hydrogen. Because of this closeness, it is possible to use a neutron gage to determine the moisture content of soil.
