Graph-based Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval

by Rada Mihalcea, Dragomir Radev

Graph theory and the fields of natural language processing and information retrieval are well-studied disciplines. Traditionally, these areas have been perceived as distinct, with different algorithms, different applications, and different potential end-users. However, recent research has shown that these disciplines are intimately connected, with a large variety of natural language processing and information retrieval applications finding efficient solutions within graph-theoretical frameworks. This book extensively covers the use of graph-based algorithms for natural language processing and information retrieval. It brings together topics as diverse as lexical semantics, text summarization, text mining, ontology construction, text classification, and information retrieval, which are connected by the common underlying theme of the use of graph-theoretical methods for text and information processing tasks. Readers will come away with a firm understanding of the major methods and applications in natural language processing and information retrieval that rely on graph-based representations and algorithms.

Genres: Computer Science

202 pages, Hardcover

First published April 11, 2011

About the author

Rada Mihalcea is a Professor at the University of Michigan, where she teaches courses in Computer Science and works on research in Artificial Intelligence. She lives in Ann Arbor, MI, with her husband and their two children.