Spring 2006 DLF Forum: Melvyl Recommender Project,
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3 April, 2006
Spelling Correction
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Goal:
90% correct on first try
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Dictionary-based (aspell) vs. index-based
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Proper nouns
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Multilingual environment
Work done by Martin Haye.
Modifications:
- adjust to recognize that transpositions and insertions are the most common errors
- applied “double metaphone” algorithm used in aspell (captures similar words based on phonetics)
- boosted based on word frequencies in index
