Literature-related discovery (LRD): Potential treatments for Multiple Sclerosis

• Published in: Technological forecasting & social change Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 239 - 255
• Main Authors: Kostoff, Ronald N., Briggs, Michael B., Lyons, Terence J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.02.2008; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Discovery; Diseases; Disparate disciplines; Information; Information retrieval; Innovation; Innovations; Interdisciplinary; Knowledge; Literature; Literature-based discovery; Medical treatment; Multidisciplinary; Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson's disease; Problem solving; Radical discovery; Research Methodology; Science and technology; Studies; Text mining; Unconnected disciplines; Text mining; Innovation; Multiple sclerosis; Literature-based discovery; Disparate disciplines; Discovery; Unconnected disciplines; Information retrieval; Interdisciplinary; Radical discovery; Multidisciplinary; Science and technology

Literature-related discovery (LRD) is the linking of two or more literature concepts that have heretofore not been linked (i.e., disjoint), in order to produce novel, interesting, plausible, and intelligible knowledge (i.e., potential discovery). The open discovery systems (ODS) component of LRD sta...