ABS: He, Mapping the dynamics in artificial intelligence through co -word analysis

[Gretchen Whitney]

Last address listed: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Last e-mail : q-he1 at uiuc.edu
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TITLE:          Mapping the dynamics in artificial intelligence through
                co-word analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         He, Q
SOURCE:         ASIS 2000: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 63RD ASIS ANNUAL MEETING,
                VOL 37, 2000 37. 2000. p.219-226 INFORMATION TODAY INC,
                MEDFORD

ABSTRACT:       Along with the dramatic growth in scientific literature,
it is becoming increasingly difficult for scientists and policy makers to
identify hot topics and trace the development of a specific research
field. Some quantitative methods have been developed to ameliorate these
problems, of which co-word analysis is one. In this paper, we map the
dynamics in the field of artificial intelligence during the last five
years, using the co-word analysis technique. The experimental results
show that, using the co-word analysis technique, it is possible to
identify the hot topics in a particular research field at one time and,
in turn, to map the dynamics in the topics during a series of periods.

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