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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

F. Windhager, A. Amor-Amoros, M. Smuc, P. Federico, L. Zenk, S. Miksch:
"A Concept for the Exploratory Visualization of Patent Network Dynamics";
Talk: The International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications IVAPP, Berlin; 2015-03-11 - 2015-03-14; in: "Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications", (2015), ISBN: 978-989-758-088-8; 268 - 273.



English abstract:
Patents, archived as large collections of semi-structured text documents, contain valuable information about historical trends and current states of R&D fields, as well as performances of single inventors and companies. Specific methods are needed to unlock this information and enable its insightful analysis by investors, executives, funding agencies, and policy makers. In this position paper, we propose an approach based on modelling patent repositories as multivariate temporal networks, and examining them by the means of specific visual analytics methods. We illustrate the potential of our approach by discussing two use-cases: the determination of emerging research fields in general and within companies, as well as the identification of inventors characterised by different temporal paths of productivity.

Keywords:
information visualization, visual analytics, patent data, emergent technologies, dynamic networks


"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0005360002680273

Electronic version of the publication:
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_237965.pdf



Related Projects:
Project Head Silvia Miksch:
EXploratory Visualization of PAtent Network Dynamics


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