Affiliations: University of New Orleans, Department of Management,
New Orleans, LA, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Cherie C. Trumbach, University of New
Orleans, Department of Management, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA. Tel.: +1 504 280
6482; Fax: +1 504 280 3951; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Text data mining of research abstract databases, across time, shows
how an emergent technology is progressing towards commercialization. Text data
mining tools like VantagePoint can provide insights into the progress of a
technology discipline showing the projection of research trends for strategic
analysis and displaying the interconnections between research topics.
Technology development starts with the underlying science where theoretical
concepts are proposed and tested, to a more focused and technical research on
devices that apply these theories. This paper demonstrates a time series text
mining approach to the development of server virtualization technology as
example of an emerging technology. Since there are three dimensions in the
development of technology; basic science, technology development, and business
process focus, this research presents the results of the text data mining of
research abstracts projected in a three-dimensional virtual reality
visualization.
Keywords: Information visualization, virtualization, text mining, technology life cycle
