Course - Web Intelligence - TDT4215
Web Intelligence
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About the course
Course content
Information retrieval in textual document collections. Search engines. Linguistic and statistical techniques for text mining. Text categorization, clustering, collocations, and concept extraction. Ontologies in knowledge management. Semantic applications. Semantic web.
Learning outcome
The students will understand how textual document collections are used in organizations and what role they are given in the management of organizational knowledge. They should know the techniques for document retrieval and knowledge discovery in large document collections. There is an overview of how documents may be analysed semantically with respect to categorization, concept extraction, and knowledge management. Some specific problems associated with documents and services on the web will also be discussed.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and exercises. The course may be taught in English if taken by students without Norwegian language skills. Portfolio assessment is the basis for the grade in the course. The portfolio includes a final written test (75%) and exercises (25%). The results for the parts are given in %-scores, while the entire portfolio is assigned a letter grade. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from written to oral.
Recommended previous knowledge
Course TDT4175 Information Systems, or equivalent.
Course materials
Announced at start of semester.
Subject areas
- Informatics
- Technological subjects