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Lesk algorithm

Known as: Lesk 
The Lesk algorithm is a classical algorithm for word sense disambiguation introduced by Michael E. Lesk in 1986.
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Theoretical Formulas of Semantic Measure: A Survey
In recent years, several semantic similarity and relatedness measures have been developed and applied in many domains including… 
2010
2010
Assigning Library of Congress Classification Codes to Books Based Only on their Titles
Many publishers follow the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme to indicate a classification code on the first pages… 
2009
2009
Comparing Similarity Measures for Original WSD Lesk Algorithm
| @ | gmail.com, www.gelbukh.com Abstract. There are many similarity measures to determine the similarity relatedness between two… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Review of: Lesk, Michael. Understanding digital libraries. 2nd. ed.. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann, 2004
2004
2004
Word sense disambiguation using WordNet and the Lesk algorithm
Word sense disambiguation is the process of automatically clarifying the meaning of a word in its context. It has drawn much… 
2004
2004
Performance Evaluation of WordNet-based Semantic Relatedness Measures for Word Prediction in Conversational Speech
The recognition of conversational speech is a hard problem. Semantic relatedness measures can improve speech recognition… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Topic-based Vector Space Model
This paper motivates and presents the Topic-based Vector Space Model (TVSM), a new vector-based approach for document comparison… 
2002
2002
Information Classification and Navigation Based on 5WlH of the Target Information
This paper proposes a method by which 5W1H (who, when, where, what, why, how, and predicate) information is used to classify and… 
1996
1996
Event-Predicate Detection in the Debugging of Distributed Applications
Trends in the development of computer hardware are making the use of distributed systems increasingly attractive. The collection… 
1982
1982
Responses to oral gland scents from different males in Columbian ground squirrels
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