Research on the invulnerability and optimization of the technical cooperation innovation network based on the patent perspective—A case study of new energy vehicles

Xia Cao, Chuanyun Li, Wei Chen, Li Jinqiu, Chaoran Lin

PLoS ONE · 2020 · 11 citations · 37 references

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The study constructs a patent‑based technical cooperation innovation network for new energy vehicles, analyzes its invulnerability and optimization through simulation, and proposes countermeasures to strengthen network resilience. The authors develop a patent search expression to build the network and employ simulation analysis to evaluate invulnerability and optimization processes. Degree‑value priority attacks are more damaging than weighted or random attacks, with hub nodes such as the State Grid having a major impact; in optimization, weak‑weak connections best the unweighted network, strong‑weak best the weighted network, and strong‑weak also outperforms weighted strategies in the unweighted case.

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This paper takes new energy vehicles as the research object, building the technical cooperation innovation network of new energy vehicles based on the patent perspective by establishing the related technology patent search expression, and analyzing the processes of the invulnerability and optimization in the actual technology cooperation innovation network by using the simulation analysis method. The research results show that the harmfulness of the degree value priority attack in the technical cooperation innovation network of new energy vehicles is stronger than the weighted degree value priority attack and random attack, and the attacks of the State Grid and other hub nodes have an important impact on the network invulnerability. During the network optimization process of three types of connection preferences, the "weak"-"weak" connection is the best connection mode given the situation of an unweighted network without considering the weight of the connected edge. However, the "strong"-"weak" connection is the best mode given the situation of a weighted network considering the weight of the connected edge. In addition, compared with the weighted network situation, the "strong"-"weak" connection has better network optimization results given the situation of an unweighted network. Finally, we propose counter measures and suggestions to promote the innovation network invulnerability capabilities of technical cooperation in new energy vehicles.

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