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Title: A picture is worth a thousand words: applying natural language processing tools for creating a quantum materials database map
This paper demonstrates the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to explore large libraries of documents and to correlate heuristic associations between text descriptions in figure captions with interpretations of images and figures. The use of visualization tools based on NLP methods permits one to quickly assess the extent of the research described in the literature related to a specific topic. The authors demonstrate how the use of NLP methods on only the figure captions without having to navigate the entire text of a document can provide an accelerated assessment of the literature in a given domain.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1640867
PAR ID:
10188862
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
MRS Communications
Volume:
9
Issue:
4
ISSN:
2159-6859
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1134 to 1141
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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