Fractal summarization: summarization based on fractal theory

In this paper, we introduce the fractal summarization model based on the fractal theory. In fractal summarization, the important information is captured from the source text by exploring the hierarchical structure and salient features of the document. A condensed version of the document that is informatively close to the original is produced iteratively using the contractive transformation in the fractal theory. User evaluation has shown that fractal summarization outperforms traditional summarization. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.1 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Content Analysis and – Abstracting Methods. General Terms: Algorithms, Experimentation, Theory.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: SIGIR
• Authors: Christopher C. Yang, Fu Lee Wang
• Keywords: Fractal Summarization, Fractal Summarization Model, Fractal Theory, SIGIR 2003