Chapter 4. An Exploration of Machine Learning in Libraries

Craig Boman

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Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 55, no. 1), "An Exploration of Machine Learning in Libraries"

In this chapter, contributing author Craig Boman explores the use of latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), a type of machine learning model, in the generation of library subject headings.


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