List of text mining methods

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Text mining methods are different forms of text mining whose usage is based on their suitability for a given data set. Text mining is the process of extracting data from unstructured text and finding patterns or relations. Below is a list of text mining methodologies.

  • Centroid-based Clustering: Unsupervised learning method. Clusters are determined based on data points.[1]
    • Fast Global K-Means: Made to accelerate Global K-Means.[2]
    • Global K-Means: Global K-Means is an algorithm that begins with one cluster, and then divides into multiple clusters based on the number required.[2]
    • K-Means: An algorithm that requires two parameters: K, a number of clusters, and a set of data.[2]
    • FW-K-Means: Used with vector space model. Uses the methodology of weight to decrease noise.[2]
    • Two-Level-K-Means: Regular K-Means algorithm takes place first. Clusters are then selected for subdivision into subclasses if they do not reach the threshold.[2] thumb
  • Cluster Algorithm
  • Collocation
  • Stemming Algorithm
    • Truncating Methods: Removing the suffix or prefix of a word.
      • Lovins Stemmer: Removes longest suffix.
      • Porters Stemmer: Allows programmers to stem words based on their own criteria.
    • Statistical Methods: Statistical procedure is involved and typically results in affixes being removed.
      • N-Gram Stemmer: A set of n characters that are consecutive taken from a word
      • Hidden Markov Model (HMM) Stemmer: Moves between states are based on probability functions.
      • Yet Another Suffix Stripper (YASS) Stemmer: Hierarchal approach in creating clusters. Clusters are then considered a set of elements in classes and their centroids are the stems.
    • Inflectional & Derivational Methods
      • Krovetz Stemmer: Changes words to word stems that are valid English words.
      • Xerox Stemmer: Removes prefixes.[5]
  • Term Frequency
  • Topic Modeling
  • Wordscores: First estimates scores on word types based on a reference text. Then applies wordscores to a text that is not a reference text to get a document score. Lastly, documents that are not referenced are rescaled to then compare to the reference text.[6]

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