System and method for analyzing electronic data records

A method for analyzing electronic data records, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a set of electronic data records;
• computing concept vectors for the set of electronic data records, wherein the coordinates of the concept vectors represent scores of the concepts in the respective electronic data record and wherein the concepts are part of an ontology;
• computing a similarity network by means of the concept vectors and by at least one relationship between the concepts of the ontology, the similarity network representing similarities between the electronic data records, wherein the vertices of the similarity network represent the electronic data records and the edges of the similarity network represent similarity values indicating a degree of similarity between the vertices;
• performing predefined algorithms over the similarity network;
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• computing similarities between a first set of electronic data records and a second set of electronic data records.

A computer program product having a computer usable program code configured to carry out instructions for analyzing electronic data records by a method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a set of electronic data records;
• computing concept vectors for the set of electronic data records, wherein the coordinates of the concept vectors represent scores of the concepts in the respective electronic data record and wherein the concepts are part of an ontology;
• computing a similarity network by means of the concept vectors and by at least one relationship between the concepts of the ontology, the similarity network representing similarities between the electronic data records, wherein the vertices of the similarity network represent the electronic data records and the edges of the similarity network represent similarity values indicating a degree of similarity between the vertices;
• performing predefined algorithms over the similarity network;
• computing similarities between a first set of electronic data records and a second set of electronic data records.