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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for constructing a compact similarity structure and for using the same in analyzing document relevance
- Patent Title (中): 用于构建紧凑型相似度结构并用于分析文档相关性的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11298500Application Date: 2005-12-12
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Publication No.: US07472131B2Publication Date: 2008-12-30
- Inventor: James G. Shanahan , Norbert Roma , David A. Evans
- Applicant: James G. Shanahan , Norbert Roma , David A. Evans
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: JustSystems Evans Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee: JustSystems Evans Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agent Blaney Harper; Jones Day
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
A computer-readable medium comprises data structure for providing information about levels of similarity between pairs of N documents. The data structure comprises a plurality of entries of similarity values representing levels of similarity for a plurality of pairs of the documents. Each of the similarity values represents a level of similarity of one document of a given pair relative to the other document of the given pair. The similarity value of each entry is greater than a threshold similarity value that is greater than zero. The plurality of similarity-value entries are fewer than N2−N in number if the similarity values are asymmetric with regard to document pairing, and the plurality of similarity-value entries are fewer than N 2 - N 2 in number if the similarity values are symmetric with regard to document pairing. A method and apparatus for generating the data structure are described.
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