Hierarchical semi-supervised confidence-based active clustering and its application to the extraction of topic hierarchies from document collections

Topic hierarchies are efficient ways of organizing document collections. These structures help users to manage the knowledge contained in textual data. These hierarchies are usually obtained through unsupervised hierarchical clustering algorithms. By not considering the context of the user in th...

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Main Author: Bruno Magalhães Nogueira
Other Authors: Solange Oliveira Rezende
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/55/55134/tde-06052014-103312/