Detecting emerging concepts in textual data mining
William M. Pottenger, Ting‐Hao Yang · 2001
This article summarizes our research to date in the automatic identification of emerging trends in textual data. Applications are numerous: the detection of trends in warranty repair claims, for example, is of genuine interest to NCSA industrial partners Caterpillar and Boeing. Technology forecasting is another example with numerous applications of both academic and practical interest. In general, trending analysis of textual data can be performed in any domain that involves written records of human endeavors whether scientific or artistic in nature