Sentence classification of online drug reviews using machine learning techniques

• Main Author: Sukumar Warrier, Vinay
• Other Authors: Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Information systems; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Computational linguistics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69363
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Adverse drug effects form a vital part of pharmacovigilance. With the advent of Web 2.0, online drug review sites with voluntary reporting and unrestricted data access offer a competitive alternative for mining drug side effects, in comparison to traditional health records and medical ca...