An evaluation of text classification methods for literary study

Literary and Linguistic Computing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-343

  Yu, Bei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55149092514     PISSN: 02681145     EISSN: 14774615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqn015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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