Semisupervised Learning for Computational Linguistics by Steven Abney

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Semisupervised Learning for Computational Linguistics by Steven Abney

The rapid advancement in the theoretical understanding of statistical and machine learning methods for semisupervised learning has made it difficult for nonspecialists to keep up to date in the field. Providing a broad, accessible treatment of the theory as well as linguistic applications, Semisupervised Learning for Computational Linguistics offers self-contained coverage of semisupervised methods that includes background material on supervised and unsupervised learning. The book presents a brief history of semisupervised learning and its place in the spectrum of learning methods before moving on to discuss well-known natural language processing methods, such as self-training and co-training. It then centers on machine learning techniques, including the boundary-oriented methods of perceptrons, boosting, support vector machines (SVMs), and the null-category noise model. In addition, the book covers clustering, the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, related generative methods, and agreement methods. It concludes with the graph-based method of label propagation as well as a detailed discussion of spectral methods. Taking an intuitive approach to the material, this lucid book facilitates the application of semisupervised learning methods to natural language processing and provides the framework and motivation for a more systematic study of machine learning.
Abney, Steven
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ISBN 13 9780367388638
ISBN 10 0367388634
Title Semisupervised Learning for Computational Linguistics
Author Steven Abney
Series Chapman And Hall Crc Computer Science And Data Analysis
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2019-09-25
Number of pages 320
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