Natural Language Processing for Semantic Search – Tutors India

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USE OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING IN

SEMANTIC SEARCH An Academic presentation by Dr. Nancy Agnes, Head, Technical Operations, Tutors India Group www.tutorsindia.com Email: info@tutorsindia.com
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INTRODUCTION

Computer-assisted text analysis is known as natural languageprocessing(NLP).

An aspect of NLP is the study of how someone uses and understandslanguage.

The goal of this is to develop the tools and methods necessary for computer systems to comprehend, change, and perform a wide range of useful tasks using natural language.

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ResearchesinNLParecurrentlyfocusedoncreatingsophisticatedNLP systems that incorporate both the general text and a sizable portion oftheambiguityandunpredictabilityofalanguage.

Computational linguistics frequently faces problems with speech recognition, word separation, and other concepts. In NLP, it has been usualpracticetocreatestatisticalapproachesforit(Bastetal.,2016) .

1. (NLP) NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

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SEMANTIC SEARCH REDUCES SEARCHING AND INCREASES FINDING

Since its creation in the early 1990s, the essential search enginehasmadetremendousadvancements. However, it has recently made tremendous strides toward providing much more nuanced and pertinent solutions with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like machine learning (ML) and natural languageprocessing.

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AI skills are added to search engines to develop semantic search. No longer are searches restricted to words and their definitions from dictionaries:Understandingthequery'sgoalanddescribingthedatasuch that it is "suited for meaningful retrieval," as stated in Towards Data Science,arenecessaryforsemanticsearch” (Doetal.,2010).

By learning from prior query results, Semantic Search uses machine learningtoincreaseaccuracyandrelevance.

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By using NLP, the searcher is able to formulate their inquiries as if they were speaking to ahuman.Theymightspendlesstimecomingupwiththebestkeywordsforaparticular searchasaresult.

Unlikeitskeyword-basedpredecessor,semanticsearchcanhandleinformationsfroma wide range of sources, including email, social media, documents, PDFs, images, video, andaudio.

This considerably expands the searcher's possibilities by enabling them to find what they'relookingforusingalloftheresourcesattheirdisposal(Sheuetal.,2009).

SEMANTIC RESEARCH IS A VARIABLE INVESTMENT WORTH MAKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS

There has never been a business that wouldn't benefit from obtainingquicker,moreprecise,andhigher-qualityresults.

By eliminating unnecessary information and only displaying the most correct answers, semantic search enables less searchingandmorediscovery.

Considering theexampleofanunderwaterweldersearching for supplies to complete a task on a 1,500-foot-deep oil rig in theGulfofMexico.

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A keyword search would only give up results pertaining to welding, thereby omitting the multifaceted nature of this endeavour.

The context of such a project would be recognised by a semantic search, together with the fact that the welder is secondinimportancetothediverinthesearcher'sprofile.

In addition to taking into account factors like working conditions and water currents, it would offer pertinent results,suchasthosefromahyperbaricchamber.

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Semantic search may provide further business benefits by merging NLP withanintuitiveuserinterfaceandmakingitstraightforwardforanyoneto interactwithandgettheresultsthey'relookingfor.

Fast access to accurate findings facilitates decision-making and increasesproductivityinbusinessesofallsizes.

By combining unstructured data from many sources, semantic search may also aid in the expansion and success of enterprises (Kupiyalova et al.,2020).

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SEMANTIC RESEARCH?

Interestingly,sincetheHummingbirdupgradein2013,Google has been embracing semantic search to enhance its user experience.

With this improvement, "conversational search" was introduced to its repertoire, meaning that the context of the full query was taken into account rather than just certain phrases.

Online retailer Zappos just integrated semantic search to their website to make it easier for customers to locate exactlywhatthey'relookingfor.

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The algorithm adapts the result to each customer's prior search data, accordingtothecompany'schiefdatascientist,inadditiontounderstanding thecontextofthesearchword (Weietal.,2008).

As a result, Zappos is in a position to offer each of its customers the results thatarespecificallyrelevanttothem.

Companies all around the world are turning to services like Microsoft Azure and AWS Comprehend, which enable them to use the technologies without having to build it themselves, as the advantages of semantic search becomemoreandmoreclear.

CONCLUSION

order to ensure that no crucial information is erlooked, effectively using semantic search also quires destroying any internal data silos that may st (Cotfasetal.,2019). making sure that employees are forthcoming h the necessary information and that adequate hnical preparation is in place, organisations may n their conceptual search engine to produce the mostinformedandaccurateresults.

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Nevertheless, much study remains to be done, despite the fact that semanticsearchmayseemtobeamaturetechnology.

That is not to imply that we shouldn't start using it today in order to benefit from its many benefits rather than waiting till technology reaches its full potential: Semantic search may be used by companies of all sizes to help them make decisions more quickly and thoroughly, enhance customer experience,andincreaserevenue (Sangersetal.,2013).

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