Community evolution in patent networks: technological change and network dynamics

Gao, Yuan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3505-9304, Zhu, Zhen, Kali, Raja and Riccaboni, Massimo (2018) Community evolution in patent networks: technological change and network dynamics. Applied Network Science, 3. ISSN 2364-8228

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Abstract

When studying patent data as a way to understand innovation and technological change, the conventional indicators might fall short, and categorizing technologies based on the existing classification systems used by patent authorities could cause inaccuracy and misclassification, as shown in literature. Gao et al. (International Workshop on Complex Networks and their Applications, 2017) have established a method to analyze patent classes of similar technologies as network communities. In this paper, we adopt the stabilized Louvain method for network community detection to improve consistency and stability. Incorporating the overlapping community mapping algorithm, we also develop a new method to identify the central nodes based on the temporal evolution of the network structure and track the changes of communities over time. A case study of Germany’s patent data is used to demonstrate and verify the application of the method and the results. Compared to the non-network metrics and conventional network measures, we offer a heuristic approach with a dynamic view and more stable results.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	technological change,temporal networks,patent data,louvain community detection method,overlapping community mapping
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Industrial Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2018 15:30
Last Modified:	13 May 2023 00:40
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68369
DOI:	10.1007/s41109-018-0090-3

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