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[WSC18] Chronological Dating of Historical Texts Using RNNs

Posted 8 years ago
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POSTED BY: Tarek Aloui
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What kind of test do you need? I just tried a 50 word sample from the Gligamesh epic, including the proper name "enkidu", and got a date of 1862, which is off by a couple millennia. It would be interesting and useful if the micro site could provide some range of dates.

Posted 7 years ago

Thank you for your feedback! This project was conducted in 2 weeks. It is not complete and it has a lot of room for improvement. I did not have enough time to play with the hyper-parameters and the architecture itself. The dataset used is also not optimal, as it is not evenly distributed across the centuries. Again, I appreciate the fact that you tested this version. I will be working on improving the DNN's accuracy in the near future.

POSTED BY: Tarek Aloui

I know about the time constraints for the project. A remarkable job. My choice of text was random -- just from the bookshelf next to my desk, and of course, being a translation, it will be harder to identify the date of writing. Thanks for pointing me to the Open Library. It looks like it might be useful for out-of-print books, among other things. I miss having access to a University library.

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