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| Stemming is automated conflation (fusing or combining) usually by reducing words to a common root. Needed-->need, engineering-->engineer, but also disoriented-->oriented which would be an example of overstemming. | Stemming is automated conflation (fusing or combining) usually by reducing words to a common root. Needed-->need, engineering-->engineer, but also disoriented-->oriented which might be an example of overstemming. Stemming provides a simple method to compress the index by including only the stems of words. Methods of Conflation: https://www.scotnpatti.com/images/conflationmethods.jpg |
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Stemming is automated conflation (fusing or combining) usually by reducing words to a common root. Needed-->need, engineering-->engineer, but also disoriented-->oriented which might be an example of overstemming.
Stemming provides a simple method to compress the index by including only the stems of words.
Methods of Conflation:
https://www.scotnpatti.com/images/conflationmethods.jpg
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