Anaphora Resolution : Algorithms, Resources, and Applications / edited by Massimo Poesio, Roland Stuckardt, Yannick Versley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poesio, Massimo, editor.

Stuckardt, Roland, editor.

Versley, Yannick, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (Springer-11645)

Theory and applications of natural language processing 2192-032X

Theory and Applications of Natural Language Processing, 2192-032X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural language processing (Computer science).

Computational linguistics.

Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Computational Linguistics.

Local Subjects:

Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Computational Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 508 pages) : 30 illustrations, 4 illustrations in color.

Edition:

First edition 2016.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book lays out a path leading from the linguistic and cognitive basics, to classical rule-based and machine learning algorithms, to today's state-of-the-art approaches, which use advanced empirically grounded techniques, automatic knowledge acquisition, and refined linguistic modeling to make a real difference in real-world applications. Anaphora and coreference resolution both refer to the process of linking textual phrases (and, consequently, the information attached to them) within as well as across sentence boundaries, and to the same discourse referent. The book offers an overview of recent research advances, focusing on practical, operational approaches and their applications. In part I (Background), it provides a general introduction, which succinctly summarizes the linguistic, cognitive, and computational foundations of anaphora processing and the key classical rule- and machine-learning-based anaphora resolution algorithms. Acknowledging the central importance of shared resources, part II (Resources) covers annotated corpora, formal evaluation, preprocessing technology, and off-the-shelf anaphora resolution systems. Part III (Algorithms) provides a thorough description of state-of-the-art anaphora resolution algorithms, covering enhanced machine learning methods as well as techniques for accomplishing important subtasks such as mention detection and acquisition of relevant knowledge. Part IV (Applications) deals with a selection of important anaphora and coreference resolution applications, discussing particular scenarios in diverse domains and distilling a best-practice model for systematically approaching new application cases. In the concluding part V (Outlook), based on a survey conducted among the contributing authors, the prospects of the research field of anaphora processing are discussed, and promising new areas of interdisciplinary cooperation and emerging application scenarios are identified. Given the book's design, it can be used both as an accompanying text for advanced lectures in computational linguistics, natural language engineering, and computer science, and as a reference work for research and independent study. It addresses an audience that includes academic researchers, university lecturers, postgraduate students, advanced undergraduate students, industrial researchers, and software engineers.

Contents:

Preface

1.Introduction

Part I Background

2.Linguistic and Cognitive Evidence About Anaphora

3. Early Approaches to Anaphora Resolution: Theoretically Inspired and Heuristic-Based

Part II Resources

4.Annotated Corpora and Annotation Tools

5.Evaluation Metrics

6.Evaluation Campaigns

7.Preprocessing Technology

8.Off-the-shelf Tools

Part III Algorithms

9.The Mention-Pair Model

10.Advanced Machine Learning Models for Coreference Resolution

11.Integer Linear Programming for Coreference Resolution

12.Extracting Anaphoric Agreement Properties from Corpora

13.Detecting Non-reference and Non-anaphoricity

14.Using Lexical and Encyclopedic Knowledge

Part IV Applications

15.Coreference Applications to Summarization

16.Towards a Procedure Model for Developing Anaphora Processing Applications

Part V Outlook

17.Challenges and Directions of Further Research

Index.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-662-47909-4

9783662479094

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