Patent applications include citations to other patents. The patents are thus the nodes and the citations are the directed links in a large network. I will discuss the structure and evolution of this patent citation network. In particular we will look at the degree distribution and the dependence on the time between patent applications. I will also discuss how we can use the patent citations to predict newly emerging technological areas. We will do a cluster analysis using a novel citation vector which identifies the type of technology for each node.
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| Speaker(s): Professor Jan Tobochnik |
| When |
Friday, Nov 2, 2012
at 12:00pm
until 1:15pm
on Friday, Nov 2, 2012
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| Where |
3 Cummington Street
(PRB595)
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| Who |
Open to General Public
Admission is free
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| Contact |
Center for Computational Science
Cheryl Endicott
617-358-1470
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