Measuring textual patent similarity on the basis of combined concepts: Design decisions and their consequences

Scientometrics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 805-826

  Moehrle, Martin G ^a   Gerken, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence analysis; Patent; Patent mapping; Prior art analysis; Similarity coefficients; Similarity measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860545246     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0682-0     Document Type: Article

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