Topic Modeling on Historical Newspapers

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In this paper, the authors explore the task of automatic text processing applied to collections of historical newspapers, with the aim of assisting historical research. In particular, in this first stage of the project, the authors experiment with the use of topical models as a means to identify potential issues of interest for historians.

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Creation Date: June 2011
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UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Yang, Tze-I

University of North Texas

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Torget, Andrew J.

University of North Texas

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Mihalcea, Rada

University of North Texas

Original Creation Date: June 2011
Description:

In this paper, the authors explore the task of automatic text processing applied to collections of historical newspapers, with the aim of assisting historical research. In particular, in this first stage of the project, the authors experiment with the use of topical models as a means to identify potential issues of interest for historians.

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Department: History
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9 p.

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Keyword(s): newspapers | historians | automatic text processing
Source: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities (LATECH), 2011, Portland, Oregon, United States
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