[WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread David Gerard
http://www.smartwikisearch.com/ http://www.smartwikisearch.com/about.html "Smart Wiki Search uses the link structure of Wikipedia to calculate which concepts each page is associated with. It is easy to see why looking at links can help group pages by concepts. For example, pages about mathematics

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:55 PM, David Gerard wrote: > http://www.smartwikisearch.com/ > > http://www.smartwikisearch.com/about.html > > "Smart Wiki Search uses the link structure of Wikipedia to calculate > which concepts each page is associated with. It is easy to see why > looking at links can h

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread Brian
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote: > > I tried this out the other day; it's a very cool idea, but by and > large, it seems that this hacker doesn't have enough CPU power to > extract the really good wikilinks, the ones that aren't already linked > inside the article. (eg. if I

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread Brian
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote: > >> >> I tried this out the other day; it's a very cool idea, but by and >> large, it seems that this hacker doesn't have enough CPU power to >> extract the really good wikilinks, the ones th

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread Amory Meltzer
I have a feeling a lot of those are duplications of templates placed on a page - Macbeth linking to Romeo and Juliet (and vice versa) was my first example. Multiple search terms would seem to be the real place this would be useful, to minimize crossover from templates. ~A On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 a

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread Brian
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Amory Meltzer wrote: > I have a feeling a lot of those are duplications of templates placed on a > page - Macbeth linking to Romeo and Juliet (and vice versa) was my first > example. Multiple search terms would seem to be the real place this would > be useful, to

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread Amory Meltzer
Duplicating the function of templates - maybe not the best word to use. A better one might be "misinterpreting." ~A On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 14:36, Brian wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Amory Meltzer >wrote: > > > I have a feeling a lot of those are duplications of templates placed

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-22 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 8/22/2009 10:56:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, dger...@gmail.com writes: > Because there is no need to determine what the meaning of > the particular term or keyword is, the pages it returns generally deal > with the same concept or concepts that you entered. For instance, if >

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-23 Thread Jay Litwyn
wrote in message news:cfe.5d50bcc3.37c1a...@aol.com... > In a message dated 8/22/2009 10:56:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > dger...@gmail.com writes: > > >> Because there is no need to determine what the meaning of >> the particular term or keyword is, the pages it returns generally deal >> with th

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-23 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 8/23/2009 4:53:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca writes: > The search for "bees" and "flowers" suggests "pollination". I do not see > anything mindless about that. That is a human association>> - You're not understanding me. An ar

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-24 Thread Jay Litwyn
wrote in message news://news.gmane.org/d55.57c09b43.37c33...@aol.com... > In a message dated 8/23/2009 4:53:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca writes: > > >> The search for "bees" and "flowers" suggests "pollination". I do not see >> anything mindless about that. That

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-24 Thread Jay Litwyn
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank This is an approximation of what David Gerard has arrived at with his own method, Mister Johnson.] ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://li

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-08-24 Thread David Gerard
2009/8/24 Jay Litwyn : > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank > This is an approximation of what David Gerard has arrived at with his own > method, Mister Johnson.] Not me, the guy who did the website :-) It did occur to me to wonder if he'd just reinvented PageRank from first mathematical pri

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-09-17 Thread Jay Litwyn
"David Gerard" wrote in message news:fbad4e140908241015w1a6aa836jcf34ca962e088...@mail.gmail.com... > 2009/8/24 Jay Litwyn : > >> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank >> This is an approximation of what David Gerard has arrived at with his own >> method, Mister Johnson.] > > Not me, the guy who

Re: [WikiEN-l] SmartWikiSearch, a similarity search engine for Wikipedia

2009-09-18 Thread Aryeh Gregor
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:15 PM, David Gerard wrote: > Not me, the guy who did the website :-) It did occur to me to wonder > if he'd just reinvented PageRank from first mathematical principles > ... I'm pretty sure the mathematics of PageRank are pretty well known. My linear algebra textbook (L