Constructing a novel Chinese readability classification model using principal component analysis and genetic programming

Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 164-166

  Lee, Yi Shian ^a   Tseng, Hou Chiang ^a   Chen, Ju Ling ^a   Peng, Chun Yi ^a   Chang, Tao Hsing ^b   Sung, Yao Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genetic programming; Principal component analysis; Readability; Text analysis component

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION MODELS; EMPIRICAL DATA; LINGUISTIC FEATURES; READABILITY; TEXT ANALYSIS; TEXT CLASSIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GENETIC PROGRAMMING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867026124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2012.134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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