The rapid growth of patent documents has called for the development of sophisticated patent
analysis tools. Currently, there are various tools that are being utilized by organizations for …

Technology opportunity analysis using network analysis and link prediction has attracted the
interest of both academia and industry. However, there are several unresolved issues with …

The explosion of the interest in the industry 4.0 generated a hype on both academia and
business: the former is attracted for the opportunities given by the emergence of such a new …

Among emerging technologies large attention has been devoted to the so called Fourth
Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, which is also a case study of a major industrial policy …

The text-based patent analysis is grounded in information extraction technique. However,
such technique suffers from obvious defects such as low degree of automation and …

Text mining methods allow researchers to investigate technical documents (tech mining)
and specifically explore patents for valuable information (patent mining. To the review …

While the volume of data from heterogeneous sources grows considerably, foresight and its
methods rarely benefit from such available data. This work concentrates on textual data and …

To capture emerging technologies in the fast-changing technology market, use of
information concerning new technology-based firms (NTBFs) is strongly encouraged, in …

How to detect and identify the future trends of emerging technologies as early as possible is
crucial for government R&D strategic planning and enterprises' practices. To avoid the …

Technology transfer is one of the most important mechanisms for acquiring knowledge from
external sources to secure innovative and advanced technologies in high-tech industries …