An expectation maximization approach to pronoun resolution

CoNLL 2005 - Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 88-95

  Cherry, Colin ^a   Bergsma, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION APPROACHES; PRONOUN RESOLUTION; SUPERVISED METHODS;

MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE;

EID: 80053405400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3115/1706543.1706559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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