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This paper presents an investigation into the summarisation of the free text element of questionnaire data using hierarchical text classification. The process makes the assumption that text summarisation can be achieved using a classification approach whereby several class labels can be associated with documents which then constitute the summarisation. A hierarchical classification approach is suggested which offers the advantage that different levels of classification can be used and the summarisation customised according to which branch of the tree the current document is located. The approach is evaluated using free text from questionnaires used in the SAVSNET (Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network) project. The results demonstrate the viability of using hierarchical classification to generate free text summaries.
Author(s): Garcia-Constantino MF, Coenen F, Noble PJ, Radford A
Editor(s): Max Bramer and Miltos Petridis
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Thirty-second SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Year of Conference: 2012
Pages: 35-48
ISSN: 9781447147381
Publisher: Springer London
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4739-8_3
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4739-8_3
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ISBN: 9781447147398
