The goal of this report is to examine and characterize the small world phenomenon in the patent citations network by analyzing the data of RFID patents. The results suggest that the patent citation network can indeed be characterized as “small world”. Additionally, the patent citation network resembles the power-law connectivity distribution and exhibits preferential connectivity behavior. In othe...Show More
The goal of this report is to characterize the small world phenomenon in the patent citations network by analyzing the data of TFT-LCDs patents. The empirical results suggest that the patent citation network can indeed be characterized as “small world”. Additionally, the patent citation network resembles the power-law connectivity distribution and exhibits preferential connectivity behavior. Furth...Show More
