Using technological entropy to identify technology life cycle

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Highlights：

• The shifts in technology paradigms can be detected by analyzing the technological entropy.

• The technological entropy method for the identification of technology life circles is proposed.

• The entropy-based method for the identification of technology life circles has three advantages: clear logical structure, convenience, and expansibility.

• 3D printing technology is identified to be at the growth stage as an empirical example using entropy.

摘要

•The shifts in technology paradigms can be detected by analyzing the technological entropy.•The technological entropy method for the identification of technology life circles is proposed.•The entropy-based method for the identification of technology life circles has three advantages: clear logical structure, convenience, and expansibility.•3D printing technology is identified to be at the growth stage as an empirical example using entropy.

论文关键词：Entropy,Technology life cycle,Technology evolution,Patent,3D printing

论文评审过程：Received 29 January 2020, Revised 27 November 2020, Accepted 22 January 2021, Available online 6 February 2021, Version of Record 6 February 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101137