High-content words in patent records reflect key innovations in the evolution of technology

Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 838-845

  Chalmers, Devin ^a   Francis, C Cooper ^a   Pepper, Noah ^a   Bedau, Mark A ^a,b,c  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FOLSATEC   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY; HIGH IMPACT; HIGH-CONTENT; INVERSE DOCUMENT FREQUENCY; PRIOR ARTS; TERM FREQUENCY; TWO WAYS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; TEXT PROCESSING;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 79955697402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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