Modified word similarity computation approach based on HowNet
Ren Zhong-sheng · Journal of Computer Applications · 2009
HowNet is a lexical base with rich semantic information. It uses 1 618 sememes to describe words. The related words have the same sememe when they are described by the HowNet. Combined with the current computation algorithm of the words' similarity, the paper proposed an improved algorithm to compute the similarity between the related words. It also introduced concept about weak sememes and excluded such sememes' interference when they appeared in the computation of the word's similarity. The experiment proves the improved word similarity computation meets the peoples' intuition and text mining better.