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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Main Authors: Yinghong Ma, Qiaozheng Chi, Le Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8970532/