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Towards Geocoding Spatial Expressions
Hussein S. Al-Olimat, Valerie L. Shalin, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan +1
Imprecise composite location references formed using ad hoc spatial expressions in English text makes the geocoding task challenging for both inference and evaluation. Typically su…
A Practical Incremental Learning Framework For Sparse Entity Extraction
Hussein S. Al-Olimat, Steven Gustafson, Jason Mackay +2
This work addresses challenges arising from extracting entities from textual data, including the high cost of data annotation, model accuracy, selecting appropriate evaluation crit…
Semi-Supervised Approach to Monitoring Clinical Depressive Symptoms in Social Media
Amir Hossein Yazdavar, Hussein S. Al-Olimat, Monireh Ebrahimi +5
With the rise of social media, millions of people are routinely expressing their moods, feelings, and daily struggles with mental health issues on social media platforms like Twitt…
Location Name Extraction from Targeted Text Streams using Gazetteer-based Statistical Language Models
Hussein S. Al-Olimat, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Valerie Shalin +1
Extracting location names from informal and unstructured social media data requires the identification of referent boundaries and partitioning compound names. Variability, particul…