Crossing the language barrier using fuzzy logic

Rowena Chau; Chung-Hsing Yeh

doi:10.1007/11540007_95

Crossing the language barrier using fuzzy logic

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Cross-lingual text retrieval (CLTR) concerns the retrieval of documents across languages. To allow multilingual term matching, a multilingual thesaurus is needed. However, a multilingual thesaurus encoding exact translation equivalent is insufficient for effective CLTR since relevant documents are often indexed by cross-lingual related terms. In this paper, a novel approach for automatically constructing a multilingual thesaurus based on fuzzy set theory is proposed. By introducing a degree of relatedness between multilingual terms using the concept of membership degree, partial match of cross-lingual related terms is facilitated. Development of a fuzzy multilingual news retrieval system using the proposed approach is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FKSD 2005)
Editors	Lipo Wang, Yaochu Jin
Place of Publication	Germany
Publisher	Springer
Pages	768-773
Number of pages	6
Volume	3614
ISBN (Print)	9783540283317
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/11540007_95
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 2005 - Changsha China, Changsha, China Duration: 1 Jan 2005 → … Conference number: 2nd

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	3614 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 2005
Abbreviated title	FKSD 2005
Country/Territory	China
City	Changsha
Period	1/01/05 → …

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Chau, R., & Yeh, C.-H. (2005). Crossing the language barrier using fuzzy logic. In L. Wang, & Y. Jin (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FKSD 2005) (Vol. 3614, pp. 768-773). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3614 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/11540007_95

Chau, Rowena ; Yeh, Chung-Hsing. / Crossing the language barrier using fuzzy logic. Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FKSD 2005). editor / Lipo Wang ; Yaochu Jin. Vol. 3614 Germany : Springer, 2005. pp. 768-773 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Chau, R & Yeh, C-H 2005, Crossing the language barrier using fuzzy logic. in L Wang & Y Jin (eds), Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FKSD 2005). vol. 3614, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 3614 LNAI, Springer, Germany, pp. 768-773, International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 2005, Changsha, China, 1/01/05. https://doi.org/10.1007/11540007_95

Crossing the language barrier using fuzzy logic. / Chau, Rowena; Yeh, Chung-Hsing.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FKSD 2005). ed. / Lipo Wang; Yaochu Jin. Vol. 3614 Germany: Springer, 2005. p. 768-773 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3614 LNAI).

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Chau R, Yeh CH. Crossing the language barrier using fuzzy logic. In Wang L, Jin Y, editors, Proceedings of the Second International Conference in Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FKSD 2005). Vol. 3614. Germany: Springer. 2005. p. 768-773. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/11540007_95

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