Abstract
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to a significant increase in the use of AI technologies. Many experts are researching and developing AI technologies in their respective fields, often submitting papers and patent applications as a result. In particular, owing to the characteristics of the patent system that is used to protect the exclusive rights to registered technology, patent documents contain detailed information on the developed technology. Therefore, in this study, we propose a statistical method for analyzing patent data on AI technology to improve our understanding of sustainable technology in the field of AI. We collect patent documents that are related to AI technology, and then analyze the patent data to identify sustainable AI technology. In our analysis, we develop a statistical method that combines social network analysis and Bayesian modeling. Based on the results of the proposed method, we provide a technological structure that can be applied to understand the sustainability of AI technology. To show how the proposed method can be applied to a practical problem, we apply the technological structure to a case study in order to analyze sustainable AI technology.
Highlights
Companies face a constant battle to survive in a competitive market environment
We proposed a methodology for finding sustainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology using a hierarchical technology structure
We combined Social Network Analysis (SNA) visualization and Bayesian modeling to carry out the sustainable technology analysis
Summary
Companies face a constant battle to survive in a competitive market environment. An important aspect of remaining competitive is the technology possessed by the company. Companies conduct research to develop innovative technologies to enhance their market competitiveness. Park et al (2015) studied a network analysis model that can be used to select sustainable technology in a given technological field [4]. Choi et al (2016) used patent document data for sustainable technology analyses [2]. They consider patents that are related to a given technology domain for a technology analysis because a patent contains diverse and complete results about the developed technology. We propose a statistical patent analysis method for sustainable technology analyses.
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