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Invention as a combinatorial process: evidence from US patents

Invention has been commonly conceptualized as a search over a space of combinatorial possibilities. Despite the existence of a rich literature, spanning a variety of disciplines, elaborating on the recombinant nature of invention, we lack a formal and quantitative characterization of the combinatori...

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Autores principales: Youn, Hyejin, Strumsky, Deborah, Bettencourt, Luis M. A., Lobo, José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25904530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0272