Using support vector machines for automatic new topic identification

ÖZMUTLU S., Ozmutlu H. C., Spink A.

3rd Electronic edition of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Milwaukee, WI, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 19 - 24 Ekim 2007, cilt.44, (Tam Metin Bildiri) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 44
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/meet.145044028
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Milwaukee, WI
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Recent studies on automatic new topic identification in Web search engine user sessions demonstrated that learning algorithms such as neural networks and regression have been fairly successful in automatic new topic identification. In this study, we investigate whether another learning algorithm, Support Vector Machines (SVM) are successful in terms of identifying topic shifts and continuations. Sample data logs from the Norwegian search engine FAST (currently owned by Overture) and Excite are used in this study. Findings of this study suggest that support vector machines' performance depends on the characteristics of the dataset it is applied on.