Revealing Structural Patterns of Patent Citation by a Two-Boundary Network Model Based on USPTO Data
The patent is one of the carriers of scientific research and development, and an indicator of technical innovation. As a promising approach for modeling complex systems, complex networks could provide the sound theoretical framework for developing proper simulation models. Many researchers use the r...
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Language: | English |
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IEEE
2020-01-01
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Series: | IEEE Access |
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Online Access: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8970532/ |