Knowledge structuring tools for Technology Management: An overview and three cases of citation based approach

In today´s increasingly global and knowledgebased economy, competitiveness and growth depend on the ability to keep pace with the seeds of innovation in science and swiftly develop technological applications. Planners or managers of scientific and technological research must grasp broader research coverage, and make decisions on effective investment in promising and emerging technologies especially under circumstances of limited resources. Since the traditional expert-based approach is time-consuming and subjective, it is expected to be supplemented by a computer-based approach, including text, web and link mining, network analysis, link prediction and visualization. We developed a computer-based approach to comprehend science, technology, knowledge and market structures as well as detect trends for effective decision making. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our tools by taking three different fields as examples. Even in the cases of complicated structure of knowledge, our tools are considered to be effective. Our approach can contribute to technological road mapping, the selection of appropriate technologies, knowledge integration and effective human resource management.