Automatic inference of indexing rules for MEDLINE

Background: Indexing is a crucial step in any information retrieval system. In MEDLINE , a widely used database of the biomedical literature, the indexing process involves the selection of Medical Subject Headings in order to describe the subject matter of articles. The need for automatic tools to a...

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Vydané v:BMC bioinformatics Ročník 9; číslo Suppl 11; s. S11
Hlavní autori: Névéol, Aurélie, Shooshan, Sonya E, Claveau, Vincent
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London BioMed Central 19.11.2008
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Shrnutí:Background: Indexing is a crucial step in any information retrieval system. In MEDLINE , a widely used database of the biomedical literature, the indexing process involves the selection of Medical Subject Headings in order to describe the subject matter of articles. The need for automatic tools to assist MEDLINE indexers in this task is growing with the increasing number of publications being added to MEDLINE . Methods: In this paper, we describe the use and the customization of Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) to infer indexing rules that may be used to produce automatic indexing recommendations for MEDLINE indexers. Results: Our results show that this original ILP-based approach outperforms manual rules when they exist. In addition, the use of ILP rules also improves the overall performance of the Medical Text Indexer ( MTI ), a system producing automatic indexing recommendations for MEDLINE . Conclusion: We expect the sets of ILP rules obtained in this experiment to be integrated into MTI .
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
ISSN:1471-2105
1471-2105
DOI:10.1186/1471-2105-9-S11-S11