| Speech and Language Processing Contributor(s): Jurafsky, Daniel (Author), Martin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0131873210 ISBN-13: 9780131873216 Publisher: Pearson OUR PRICE: $227.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 410.285 |
| LCCN: 2008010335 |
| Series: Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence |
| Physical Information: 1.58" H x 7.32" W x 9.23" (3.53 lbs) 1032 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An explosion of Web-based language techniques, merging of distinct fields, availability of phone-based dialogue systems, and much more make this an exciting time in speech and language processing. The first of its kind to thoroughly cover language technology - at all levels and with all modern technologies - this book takes an empirical approach to the subject, based on applying statistical and other machine-learning algorithms to large corporations. KEY TOPICS: Builds each chapter around one or more worked examples demonstrating the main idea of the chapter, usingthe examples to illustrate the relative strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. Adds coverage of statistical sequence labeling, information extraction, question answering and summarization, advanced topics in speech recognition, speech synthesis. Revises coverage of language modeling, formal grammars, statistical parsing, machine translation, and dialog processing. MARKET: A useful reference for professionals in any of the areas of speech and language processing. |
