Iprova Sarl

Matthew J Lawrenson

Julian Charles Nolan

Debmalya Biswas

According to the present invention there is provided a computer-enabled method of assisting to generate an innovation, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving from a database a first set of more than two documents belonging to a first domain (D); retrieving from said database a second set of more than two documents belonging to a second domain (D); selecting all possible combinations of documents from the first set with all documents in said second set, and for each combination of documents: determining a composite novelty score, a composite proximity score and a composite impact score; and based on all of the determined composite novelty scores and/or composite proximity scores and/or composite impact scores, providing a recommendation which can assist to generate an innovation.

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Bussingny, Switzerland

Matthew J Lawrenson