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In this paper we propose a novel information-theoretic metric for automatic summary evaluation when model summaries are available as in the setting of the AESOP task of the Update Summarization track of the Text Analysis Conference (TAC). The metric is based on the concept of information content operationalized by using a taxonomy. Hereby, we present and discuss the results obtained at TAC 2009.
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Kabadjov, M., Steinberger, J., Steinberger, R., Poesio, M., Pouliquen, B. (2010). Enhancing N-Gram-Based Summary Evaluation Using Information Content and a Taxonomy. In: Gurrin, C., et al. Advances in Information Retrieval. ECIR 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5993. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12275-0_71
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