Detecting Technological Recombination For Potential R&D Exploration

In recent years, the research of detecting promising technological recombinative groups has been received an increasing attention. Such detection at a pre-recombination stage offers great potential value to R&D managers. In this paper, the patent network analysis-based methodology is proposed to extract technical intelligence for detecting technological recombination. Firstly, a conceptual model is specifically constructed for a target technical field, which helps to refine a resonable search strategy and then despict the subsysmems. Then a community detection method, including an index system with network topology indicators, is proposed. In conjunction with the conceptual model, the potential technological recombination groups have been detected. Finaly, an empirical study on China's artificial intelligence technologies is conducted to verify this process.