Multi-domain learning: When do domains matter?

Mahesh Joshi, Mark Dredze, William W. Cohen, Carolyn P. Rose

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Abstract

We present a systematic analysis of existing multi-domain learning approaches with respect to two questions. First, many multi-domain learning algorithms resemble ensemble learning algorithms. (1) Are multi-domain learning improvements the result of ensemble learning effects? Second, these algorithms are traditionally evaluated in a balanced class label setting, although in practice many multi-domain settings have domain-specific class label biases. When multi-domain learning is applied to these settings, (2) are multi-domain methods improving because they capture domain-specific class biases? An understanding of these two issues presents a clearer idea about where the field has had success in multi-domain learning, and it suggests some important open questions for improving beyond the current state of the art.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEMNLP-CoNLL 2012 - 2012 Joint Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and Computational Natural Language Learning, Proceedings of the Conference
Pages1302-1312
Number of pages11
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 Joint Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and Computational Natural Language Learning, EMNLP-CoNLL 2012 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: Jul 12 2012Jul 14 2012

Publication series

NameEMNLP-CoNLL 2012 - 2012 Joint Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and Computational Natural Language Learning, Proceedings of the Conference

Conference

Conference2012 Joint Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and Computational Natural Language Learning, EMNLP-CoNLL 2012
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju Island
Period7/12/127/14/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software

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