Till Albert presents amachine learning based approach to harnessing information contained in
big datafrom different media sources such as patents scientific publications or theinternet.
He shows how this information can be used for automated maturityevaluation of yet unknown
technologies. Elaborate patent based indicators containvery useful information on technological
aspects of maturity but lack forothers such as social economic ecological or political
factors. The approachpresented in this book is able to incorporate these other factors and
provide afirm basis for robust technology maturity and speed of maturity evaluation.
