2 papers
cs.SI2020
The Emergence of Higher-Order Structure in Scientific and Technological Knowledge Networks
Thomas Gebhart, Russell J. Funk
The growth of science and technology is a recombinative process, wherein new discoveries and inventions are built from prior knowledge. Yet relatively little is known about the man…
cs.SI2012
A Dynamic Network Approach to Breakthrough Innovation
Russell J. Funk, Jason Owen-Smith
This paper outlines a framework for the study of innovation that treats discoveries as additions to evolving networks. As inventions enter they expand or limit the reach of the ide…