A Sequential Algorithm for Training Text Classifiers

dc.creatorLewis, David D.
dc.creatorGale, William A.
dc.date1994-07-24
dc.date1994-07-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:58:36Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:58:36Z
dc.descriptionThe ability to cheaply train text classifiers is critical to their use in information retrieval, content analysis, natural language processing, and other tasks involving data which is partly or fully textual. An algorithm for sequential sampling during machine learning of statistical classifiers was developed and tested on a newswire text categorization task. This method, which we call uncertainty sampling, reduced by as much as 500-fold the amount of training data that would have to be manually classified to achieve a given level of effectiveness.
dc.description10 pages, uuencoded, compressed PostScript; Proc. SIGIR-94 LaTex available from lewis@research.att.com
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cmp-lg/9407020
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cmp-lg/9407020
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/147391
dc.subjectComputation and Language
dc.titleA Sequential Algorithm for Training Text Classifiers
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