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US 2016/0078472 A1Published application
Controversy detector
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
InventorsSitaram Asur, Rumi Ghosh
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Abstract
In the examples provided herein, a controversy detection system includes a classifier engine to classify each of a plurality of comments about a publication as controversial or non-controversial. The system also includes a controversy detector engine to determine, based on the classification of the plurality of comments, whether the publication is controversial or non-controversial.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a classifier engine to classify each of a plurality of comments about a publication as controversial or non-controversial;
- and
- a controversy detector engine to determine, based on the classification of the plurality of comments, whether the publication is controversial or non-controversial.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- extracting features from a first set of comments about a first publication;
- applying a classifier to the extracted features from the first set of comments to automatically classify each comment in the first set of comments as controversial or non-controversial;
- and
- determining whether the first publication is controversial or non-controversial based on the classification of each comment in the first set of comments.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions causing a processor to:
- receive and store a plurality of comments about a publication;
- extract features associated with the plurality of comments;
- using the extracted features and a classifier, classify each of the plurality of comments as controversial or non-controversial;
- and
- based on a percentage of comments classified as controversial, determine whether the publication is controversial.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.