A review of information content metric for semantic similarity

Lingling Meng, Junzhong Gu, Zili Zhou

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Abstract

All along, Information Content (IC) of concept is a hot topic. It is an important dimension of accessing semantic similarity between two concepts or word senses. Much work has been done. This paper illustrated the use of IC in semantic similarity computing and then focuses on IC metric. It reviews and analyses Corpora-dependent and Corpora-independent IC approach. Hyponym-based, Leaves-based and Relation-based IC Metric is presented respectively. The important related issues are highlighted. Finally further research is outlined for the improvement of IC.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances on Digital Television and Wireless Multimedia Communications - 9th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2012, Proceedings
Pages299-306
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event9th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2012 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 9 Nov 201210 Nov 2012

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume331 CCI
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Conference

Conference9th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period9/11/1210/11/12

Keywords

  • Information content
  • hyponym-based
  • leavesbased
  • relation-based
  • semantic similarity

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