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An Examination of Word Stemming in Latent Semantic Index Searches

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In this paper we describe an application with large geographic data sets that was improved using Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) in combination with word stemming. The results are consistent with other published works, and demonstrate value added skill.

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Perkins, L., Sallis, D.E., Yenduri, S. (2012). An Examination of Word Stemming in Latent Semantic Index Searches. In: Krishna, P.V., Babu, M.R., Ariwa, E. (eds) Global Trends in Information Systems and Software Applications. ObCom 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 270. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29216-3_1

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