Abstract

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)

Citation

Tolle, K.M. & Chen, H. (2000). Comparing Noun Phrasing Techniques for Use with Medical Digital Library Tools. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 51(4), 352. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/87410/.

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Keywords

• Analysis of Variance
• Comparative Analysis
• Electronic Libraries
• EVALUATION METHODS
• information retrieval
• Medical Research
• Natural language processing
• Nouns
• Phrase Structure
• Relevance (Information Retrieval)
• Scholarly Journals