Method and apparatus for producing an abstract of a document

Details Method and apparatus for producing an abstract of a document Method and apparatus for producing an abstract of a document

1989-09-28

1991-12-31

Shaw, Dale M.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

G06F 738, G06F 76

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050776681

ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus for producing an abstract of a document capable of producing concise abstract with correct meaning precisely indicative of the content of the document automatically. The method includes the steps of: listing hint words which are preselected words indicative of presence of significant phrases that can reflect content of the document; searching all the hint words in the document; extracting sentences of the document in which any one of the listed hint words is found by the search; and producing an abstract for the document by juxtaposing the extracted sentences. An apparatus for performing this method is also disclosed.

REFERENCES:
Luhn, "The Automatic Creation of Literature Abstracts"; IBM Journal, Apr. 1958, pp. 159-165.
Fum et al., "Evaluating Importance: A Step Towards Text Summarization", IJCAI85, 1985, pp. 840-844.

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