Gensim

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Gensim

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The last edition of this page was on: 2016/12/23

The Completion level of this page is : Low

The last edition of this page was on: 2016/12/23 The Completion level of this page is : Low

SHORT DESCRIPTION

[[has description::Quote from the about page (12/2016): Gensim started off as a collection of various Python scripts for the Czech Digital Mathematics Library dml.cz in 2008, where it served to generate a short list of the most similar articles to a given article (gensim = “generate similar”). I also wanted to try these fancy “Latent Semantic Methods”, but the libraries that realized the necessary computation were not much fun to work with.

By now, gensim is—to my knowledge—the most robust, efficient and hassle-free piece of software to realize unsupervised semantic modelling from plain text. It stands in contrast to brittle homework-assignment-implementations that do not scale on one hand, and robust java-esque projects that take forever just to run “hello world”.]]

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Usability

Authors of this page consider that this tool is '.

Tool orientation

This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.

Data mining type

This tool is made for Text mining.

Manipulation type

This tool is designed for '.

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IMPORT FORMAT :

EXPORT FORMAT :

Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
☑ Experimentation/observation

Tool can perform:

* Data extraction of type:

* Transformation of type:

* Data analysis of type:

* Data visualisation of type: (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

ABOUT USERS

Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers

Teachers/Tutors/Managers

Researchers

Developers/Designers

Organisations/Institutions/Firms

Others

Required skills:

STATISTICS:  Medium

PROGRAMMING:  N/A

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:  N/A

DATA MINING MODELS:  Medium

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## Contents

* 1 SHORT DESCRIPTION
* 2 TOOL CHARACTERISTICS
* 3 ABOUT USER
* 4 OTHER TOOL INFORMATION

## SHORT DESCRIPTION[edit source]

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Quote from the about page (12/2016): Gensim started off as a collection of various Python scripts for the Czech Digital Mathematics Library dml.cz in 2008, where it served to generate a short list of the most similar articles to a given article (gensim = “generate similar”). I also wanted to try these fancy “Latent Semantic Methods”, but the libraries that realized the necessary computation were not much fun to work with.

By now, gensim is—to my knowledge—the most robust, efficient and hassle-free piece of software to realize unsupervised semantic modelling from plain text. It stands in contrast to brittle homework-assignment-implementations that do not scale on one hand, and robust java-esque projects that take forever just to run “hello world”.

## TOOL CHARACTERISTICS[edit source]

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Tool orientation | Data mining type | Usability

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This tool is designed for general purpose analysis. | This tool is designed for Text mining. | Authors of this page consider that this tool is .
Data import format | Data export format

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Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
☑ Experimentation/observation

Can perform data extraction of type:

Can perform data transformation of type:

Can perform data analysis of type:

Can perform data visualisation of type:
(These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

## ABOUT USER[edit source]

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Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers:☑ | Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑ | Researchers:☑ | Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑ | Others:☑
Required skills:

Statistics: MEDIUM | Programming:  | System administration:  | Data mining models: MEDIUM

## OTHER TOOL INFORMATION[edit source]

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Gensim
[[has description::Quote from the about page (12/2016): Gensim started off as a collection of various Python scripts for the Czech Digital Mathematics Library dml.cz in 2008, where it served to generate a short list of the most similar articles to a given article (gensim = “generate similar”). I also wanted to try these fancy “Latent Semantic Methods”, but the libraries that realized the necessary computation were not much fun to work with.

By now, gensim is—to my knowledge—the most robust, efficient and hassle-free piece of software to realize unsupervised semantic modelling from plain text. It stands in contrast to brittle homework-assignment-implementations that do not scale on one hand, and robust java-esque projects that take forever just to run “hello world”.]]

General analysis
Medium
N/A
N/A
Medium
Text mining
Low

@inproceedings{rehurek_lrec,

title = Template:Software Framework for Topic Modelling with Large Corpora,
author = {Radim {\v R}eh{\r u}{\v r}ek and Petr Sojka},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the LREC 2010 Workshop on New
Challenges for NLP Frameworks}},
pages = {45--50},
year = 2010,
month = May,
day = 22,
publisher = {ELRA},
address = {Valletta, Malta},
note={\url{http://is.muni.cz/publication/884893/en}},
language={English}