Integração entre a Teoria da Resolução Inventiva de Problemas e o Medical Subject Headings: fomentando a inovação na PubMed

Abstract

In the search for information and ways to innovate, a good strategy is needed when navigating through tons of information to find solutions. This research explores the connection between an Inventive Problem Solving Theory technique, Wikipedia and the controlled vocabulary Medical Subject Headings. Terms from the Inventive Problem Solving Theory effects database were mapped using the Entrez system, which was developed by the National Centere for Biotechnology Information, to retrieve terms from the Medical Subject Headings. For demonstration purpose, a search was conducted on PudMed for articles related to a specific term in order to carry out the case study. The similarity between the effects database and the controlled vocabulary was calculated using the Levenshtein, Jaro-Winkler and cosine metrics. The results show that even though there is little similarity between the database and the Medical Subject Headings, the mapping can be used to analyze the PubMed results.