An advanced stemming algorithm for creating concept signatures of medical terms
Author(s)
Kurz, Thorsten
Editor(s)
Bramer, Max
Coenen, Frans
Preece, Alun
Publisher
Godalming: Springer-Verlag London Ltd
Date issued
2002
In
Research and Development in Intelligent Systems Xviii
From page
273
To page
281
Serie
Research and Development in Intelligent Systems Xviii
Abstract
We present a stemming algorithm that does not only remove the endings of words, but also separates prefixes and suffixes from the remaining stem. The output of this algorithm creates more precise concept signatures for indexing and classifying documents. The algorithm has been successfully tested with prefix and suffix lists for medical terms.
Publication type
book part