We describe a methodology for evaluating the statistical performance of information distillation systems and apply it to a simple illustrative example. (An information distiller p...
In this paper we address the problem of extracting key pieces of information from voicemail messages, such as the identity and phone number of the caller. This task differs from t...
Capturing knowledge from free-form evaluative texts about an entity is a challenging task. New techniques of feature extraction, polarity determination and strength evaluation hav...
In developing an Infbrmation Extraction tIE) system tbr a new class of events or relations, one of the major tasks is identifying the many ways in which these events or relations ...
Roman Yangarber, Ralph Grishman, Pasi Tapanainen, ...
: Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) is a real burden for doctors and risk surveillance experts. The impact on patients' health and related healthcare cost is very significant...