Can't see the forest for the leaves: Similarity and distance measures for hierarchical taxonomies with a patent classification example

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 855-873

  McNamee, Robert C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Distance; Hierarchy; Jaffe's distance measure; Knowledge flows; Knowledge recombination; Overlap; Patent data; Similarity; Taxonomy; Technological space

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; RESEARCH; TAXONOMIES;

DISTANCE; DISTANCE MEASURE; HIERARCHY; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; KNOWLEDGE RECOMBINATION; OVERLAP; PATENT DATUM; SIMILARITY; TECHNOLOGICAL SPACES;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84875523992     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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