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 + field mapping | | deep | 3 | Full matrix + principles | | maximum | 5 | Distant fields + full TRIZ |
Workflow
- Abstract the problem into TRIZ formulation
- Identify technical contradiction
- Map to adjacent fields using Semantic Scholar's field taxonomy
- Search for solved analogues in those fields
- 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