Comparing Noun Phrasing Techniques for Use with Medical Digital Library Tools.

Tolle, Kristin M.; Chen, Hsinchun

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ERIC Number: EJ605297

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Comparing Noun Phrasing Techniques for Use with Medical Digital Library Tools.

Tolle, Kristin M.; Chen, Hsinchun

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v51 n4 p352-70 Mar 2000

Describes a study that investigated the use of a natural language processing technique called noun phrasing to determine whether it is a viable technique for medical information retrieval. Evaluates four noun phrase generation tools for their ability to isolate noun phrases from medical journal abstracts, focusing on precision and recall. (Contains 49 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Medical Research, Natural Language Processing, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Scholarly Journals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special Topic Issue: Digital Libraries: Part 2.