System and method for modeling, fuzzy concept mapping, crowd sourced supervision, ensembling, and technology prediction

[0054]The invention is directed to an improved information creativity, collection, categorization, and retrieval lifecycle, a functional architecture (also described hereinafter as a framework), and improved methods for providing network-based creativity, ttx collection, categorization, retrieval, and exploitation. Embodiments of the invention provide general tools for creativity, categorizing, virtual mapping, visualization, search, and retrieval of ttxs and its extensions for web communities and analytics. Embodiments of the invention also provide a specialization of the general tools directed to technology innovation, creativity, and categorizations, as well as the procedures for manipulating categorizations and use of the tools, technical information categorization and retrieval controls, and business processes for incentivization and fee collection.

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