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SUMMARY:Design Thinking–Driven Multi-Agent Method for Persona Generation
DESCRIPTION:Qing Ao, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, and Chaojie Fang (Northweste
 rn Polytechnical University)\n\nPersonas are widely used in user-centered 
 design, yet conventional persona construction remains labor-intensive, dif
 ficult to update, and weak in evidence traceability. This study proposes a
  Design Thinking–driven multi-agent method for persona generation, organiz
 ing the Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test stages into a close
 d-loop workflow. Within this workflow, raw research materials are progress
 ively transformed into structured evidence, requirement hypotheses, person
 a drafts, visual concept prompts, and validation feedback, enabling iterat
 ive refinement across stages. A prototype system was developed to implemen
 t the method and preserve stage-wise artifacts, improving traceability, in
 terpretability, and versioned iteration throughout the persona development
  process. Initial application and evaluation results suggest that the prop
 osed method can support scenario-grounded persona generation and early con
 cept framing for human-centered design practice across collaborative desig
 n settings, while future work should further examine broader design contex
 ts and stronger downstream specification support.\n\n
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