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Methods Inf Med 1985; 24(03): 155-162
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635368
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Morphologic Analysis of Compound Words

Morphologische Analyse zusammengesetzter Wörter
F. Wingert
1   (From the Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Biomathematik der Universität Münster, FRG)
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19 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

Algorithms for morphologic analysis of compound words and related dictionary structures are described’ on the basis of different word models. The algorithms are formulated in Backus-Naur form as well as Augmented Transition Networks. The results of applying the algorithms to the 56,509 different words of the “Systematisierte Nomenklatur der Medizin” (SNOMED) are presented.

Es werden Algorithmen zur morphologischen Analyse zusammengesetzter Wörter und die entsprechenden Lexikonstrukturen auf der Basis verschiedener Wortmodelle beschrieben. Die Algorithmen sind in der Backus-Naur-Form und als Augmented Transition Networks formuliert. Die Ergebnisse der Anwendung dieser Algorithmen auf die 56509 verschiedenen Wörter der »Systematisierten Nomenklatur der Medizin« (SNOMED) werden präsentiert.

Key-Words:

Computational Linguistics - Morphologic Analysis - Word Model - SNOMED

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Computer-Linguistik - Morphologische Analyse - Wortmodelle - SNOMED
 

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