Stochastic Text Structuring Using the Principle of Continuity
Nikiforos Karamanis, Hisar Maruli Manurung · 2002
This paper explores the feasibility of implementing an evolutionary algorithm for text structuring using the heuristic of continuity as a fitness function, chosen over other more complicated metrics of text coherence. Using MCGONAGALL (Manurung et al., 2000) as our experimental platform, we show that by employing an elitist strategy for stochastic search it is possible to quickly reach the global optimum of minimal violations of continuity.