Finding Difficult-to-Disambiguate Words: Towards an Efficient Workflow to Implement Word Sense Disambiguation

Manabu Torii; Jung Wei Fan; Daniel S. Zisook

doi:10.1109/ICHI.2015.66

Finding Difficult-to-Disambiguate Words: Towards an Efficient Workflow to Implement Word Sense Disambiguation

Manabu Torii, Jung Wei Fan, Daniel S. Zisook

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Abstract

In the biomedical and clinical domain, valuable information is frequently represented in free-text documents. Natural language processing (NLP) is a powerful tool that can extract structured information from theses documents. Word sense disambiguation (WSD) is a critical component in an NLP pipeline that increases the accuracy of the extracted information. However, WSD is expensive to apply for all known ambiguous words. Given limited time and resources, one practical strategy is to prioritize easy-to-disambiguate words and efficiently maximize the coverage of disambiguation. To aid prioritization efforts, we studied two quantitative indicators that are associated with how easy/difficult it is to disambiguate any given word.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015
Editors	Wai-Tat Fu, Prabhakaran Balakrishnan, Sanda Harabagiu, Fei Wang, Jaideep Srivatsava
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467395489
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHI.2015.66
State	Published - Dec 8 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	3rd IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015 - Dallas, United States Duration: Oct 21 2015 → Oct 23 2015

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Other	3rd IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Dallas
Period	10/21/15 → 10/23/15

Keywords

Medical Informatics
Natural Language Processing
Word Sense Disambiguation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Informatics

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Torii, M., Fan, J. W., & Zisook, D. S. (2015). Finding Difficult-to-Disambiguate Words: Towards an Efficient Workflow to Implement Word Sense Disambiguation. In W-T. Fu, P. Balakrishnan, S. Harabagiu, F. Wang, & J. Srivatsava (Eds.), Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015 [7349727] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHI.2015.66

Finding Difficult-to-Disambiguate Words: Towards an Efficient Workflow to Implement Word Sense Disambiguation. / Torii, Manabu; Fan, Jung Wei; Zisook, Daniel S.
Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015. ed. / Wai-Tat Fu; Prabhakaran Balakrishnan; Sanda Harabagiu; Fei Wang; Jaideep Srivatsava. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7349727.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Torii, M, Fan, JW & Zisook, DS 2015, Finding Difficult-to-Disambiguate Words: Towards an Efficient Workflow to Implement Word Sense Disambiguation. in W-T Fu, P Balakrishnan, S Harabagiu, F Wang & J Srivatsava (eds), Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015., 7349727, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 3rd IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015, Dallas, United States, 10/21/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHI.2015.66

Torii M, Fan JW, Zisook DS. Finding Difficult-to-Disambiguate Words: Towards an Efficient Workflow to Implement Word Sense Disambiguation. In Fu W-T, Balakrishnan P, Harabagiu S, Wang F, Srivatsava J, editors, Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7349727 doi: 10.1109/ICHI.2015.66

Torii, Manabu ; Fan, Jung Wei ; Zisook, Daniel S. / Finding Difficult-to-Disambiguate Words : Towards an Efficient Workflow to Implement Word Sense Disambiguation. Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2015. editor / Wai-Tat Fu ; Prabhakaran Balakrishnan ; Sanda Harabagiu ; Fei Wang ; Jaideep Srivatsava. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015.

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