A system for extracting and comparing memes in online forums

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Highlights：

• Automatic extraction of top memes (key concepts, relations) from unstructured text.

• Sophisticated meme construction and matching algorithm.

• System with default/customizable control parameter set.

• No preprocessing of text or manual intervention between steps is necessary.

• Results show a better information retrieval F-score than other methods.

摘要

•Automatic extraction of top memes (key concepts, relations) from unstructured text.•Sophisticated meme construction and matching algorithm.•System with default/customizable control parameter set.•No preprocessing of text or manual intervention between steps is necessary.•Results show a better information retrieval F-score than other methods.

论文关键词：Text processing,Semantic networks,Online forums,Information retrieval,Search techniques,Information and knowledge,Computational Intelligence

论文评审过程：Received 14 November 2016, Revised 3 April 2017, Accepted 4 April 2017, Available online 5 April 2017, Version of Record 19 April 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.04.010