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On Dec 7, 2007 2:01 PM, macoovacany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hello All.
>
> Say I have website that has articles on clothes, and I allow people to
> tag each article. (Unlimited vocabulary). I wish to recognize which
> words are being used as synonyms.
>
> For example:
> (I make the additional restriction that every person must tag the
> article with two tags.)
>
> Art1 (an opinion on shoes in winter)
>     WinterSeason, Shoes
>    : Shoes, Fashion
>    : opinion, Winter, etc
>
> Art2: (Shoes and Gloves)
>    : shoes, gloves
>   : accessories, gloves
>    : footwear gloves, etc...
>
> Art3: (Jackets in winter)
>   :Jackets, winter, etc.
>
>
> Now, if I were to do a search on "footwear", I would come up with
> Art2, and not Art1.
>
> Is there any algorithm that will recognise that a search of "footwear"
> and "shoes" should return the same set.
>
> I have a feeling that some kind of conditional probability calculation
> should be used. i.e. P("footwear")|P("shoes") / P("footwear")
>
> Thoughts, or any direction to go from here?
>
> Regards,
>   Timbo
>
> >
>


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