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Kim, Won; Wilbur, W. John – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Presents three different statistical techniques for identifying content-bearing phrases within a natural language database. Describes results on the effectiveness of the scoring methods when applied to MEDLINE phrases, and how the three methods can be combined to improve performance. Processing results for an example document are provided.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Document Delivery, Indexing
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Weeber, Marc; Klein, Henny; de Jong-van den Berg, Lolkje T. W.; Vos, Rein – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Proposes a two-step model of discovery in which new scientific hypotheses can be generated and subsequently tested. Applying advanced natural language processing techniques to find biomedical concepts in text, the model is implemented in a versatile interactive discovery support tool. This tool is used to successfully simulate Don R. Swanson's…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Discovery Processes, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
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Li, Wenjie; Wong, Kam-Fai; Yuan, Chunfa – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
The objective of this research is to exploit Chinese language processing techniques for temporal information extraction and concept reasoning. Outlines the characteristics of Chinese time system and temporal expressions. Discusses temporal knowledge representations. Presents a general framework for the storage and manipulation of temporal…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer System Design, Information Processing, Information Sources