TRIZ, the Soviet-initiated Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, is gaining acknowledgement both as a systematic methodology for innovation and a powerful tool for technology forecasting. Nevertheless, the analysis of patents necessary for gathering the data to be used for the previsional activity is very cumbersome and sometimes unworthy due to the intrinsic low reliability of forecasting tasks. With this perspective it is necessary to speed up the identification of the technical/physical conflict(s) overcome by an invention, according to its textual description. Although text-mining tools have reached relevant capabilities for extracting useful information from huge sets of documents, no specific means are available to support the analysis of patents with the aim of identifying the contradiction underlying a given technical system. This paper proposes a computer-aided approach for accomplishing such a task: the algorithm is described and validated by means of practical examples.

(2007). Computer-aided analysis of patents and search for TRIZ contradictions [journal article - articolo]. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/237370

Computer-aided analysis of patents and search for TRIZ contradictions

Russo, Davide
2007-01-01

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TRIZ, the Soviet-initiated Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, is gaining acknowledgement both as a systematic methodology for innovation and a powerful tool for technology forecasting. Nevertheless, the analysis of patents necessary for gathering the data to be used for the previsional activity is very cumbersome and sometimes unworthy due to the intrinsic low reliability of forecasting tasks. With this perspective it is necessary to speed up the identification of the technical/physical conflict(s) overcome by an invention, according to its textual description. Although text-mining tools have reached relevant capabilities for extracting useful information from huge sets of documents, no specific means are available to support the analysis of patents with the aim of identifying the contradiction underlying a given technical system. This paper proposes a computer-aided approach for accomplishing such a task: the algorithm is described and validated by means of practical examples.
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Cascini, Gaetano; Russo, Davide
(2007). Computer-aided analysis of patents and search for TRIZ contradictions [journal article - articolo]. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/237370
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