最早的创新方法或可追溯到公元4世纪的启发法;此后,创新方法经过不断探索、发展,逐渐总结出不同的独特体系,各体系的创新理论也随之不断发展。创新方法的发展主要分为下列三个历史阶段:(一)远古研究阶段。创新方法发展的远古阶段是指公元4~19世纪的启发法,也称为探索法,是指人们根据一定的经验,在问题空间内进行 The earliest innovative methods or heuristics dating back to the fourth century AD; since then, innovative methods have been continuously explored and developed, and different unique systems have been gradually summed up. Innovative theories in various systems have also been continuously developed. The development of innovative methods is mainly divided into the following three historical stages: (a) the ancient research stage. The ancient stage of development of innovative methods refers to the heuristic from the fourth century to the nineteenth century AD, also known as exploration law, refers to people based on certain experience in the problem space