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Methodologies and analytics tools for locating experts with specific sets of expertise

US7792786B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 2007
Grant dateSep 7, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/9024
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and analytics tools for locating experts with specific sets of expertise are disclosed, the method including providing a collection of documents P0; generating categories representing fields of expertise derived from the collection of documents P0; refining the taxonomy of the categories by applying user domain knowledge; extracting structured fields from the collection of documents P0; constructing a contingency table having a first axis defined by the extracted structured fields and a second axis defined by the categories; and using the contingency table to identify a set of experts having a related expertise. The method may also include a network graph analysis that aids visualization of the relationship between people and expertise.

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