Natural Language Processing for Online Applications: Text Retrieval, Extraction and Categorization (Natural Language Processing)

By William R. Stanek

This text covers the technologies of document retrieval, information extraction, and text categorization in a way which highlights commonalities in terms of both general principles and practical concerns. It assumes some mathematical background on the part of the reader, but the chapters typically begin with a non-mathematical account of the key issues. Current research topics are covered only to the extent that they are informing current applications; detailed coverage of longer term research and more theoretical treatments should be sought elsewhere. There are many pointers at the ends of the chapters that the reader can follow to explore the literature. However, the book does maintain a strong emphasis on evaluation in every chapter both in terms of methodology and the results of controlled experimentation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027249938
• ISBN13: 9789027249937
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An excellent overview

Work on Natural Language processing has been going on for at leastthirty years. In the past most natural language processing (NLP)applications where mainly in the research realm. The rapid increase in computer processing power and disk storage capacityhave moved NLP from research into the area of applied science.This gives NLP the feel of a new and vibrant area. Progress isbeing made rapidly, but the research literature...

Excellent

I recommend this very highly. The words "online applications" in the title suggest that this book is about NLP for websites, but it's much more general than that; certainly any of the technologies discussed in it could in fact be implemented on a website, but "online applications" should be interpreted as meaning something like "applications that are made possible or commercially viable by the availability of large bodies...