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Ahmet Arslan, … Dominic Widdows7

10/27/20

comparing two terms

Thanks again, Trevor. On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 6:59 AM Trevor Cohen <trev...@gmail.com> wrote:

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comparing two terms

Thanks again, Trevor. On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 6:59 AM Trevor Cohen <trev...@gmail.com> wrote:

10/27/20

Yi Sun, … Dominic8

10/23/20

Generate features for millions of document

Thanks for the tip, Trevor - hopefully IndexFlatFilePositions works fine. (That's the advice so

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Generate features for millions of document

Thanks for the tip, Trevor - hopefully IndexFlatFilePositions works fine. (That's the advice so

10/23/20

TopicModeler, Trevor Cohen3

4/7/18

Number of documents returned

Worked great! Thanks. On Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 11:43:49 AM UTC-5, Trevor Cohen wrote: These

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Number of documents returned

Worked great! Thanks. On Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 11:43:49 AM UTC-5, Trevor Cohen wrote: These

4/7/18

TopicModeler, … Trevor Cohen11

2/16/18

Document Searching

I'd suggest placing each phrase on its own line, removing the pipes, and running SearchBatch

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Document Searching

I'd suggest placing each phrase on its own line, removing the pipes, and running SearchBatch

2/16/18

needHelp, Dominic2

2/5/18

initial phase to start work in my project.

Hello there, Please see https://github.com/semanticvectors/semanticvectors/wiki/GettingStarted for

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initial phase to start work in my project.

Hello there, Please see https://github.com/semanticvectors/semanticvectors/wiki/GettingStarted for

2/5/18

Dhiraj Singh, Dominic2

9/13/17

Command line flag not defined: vectorsearchfilterregex

Looks like documentation at https://github.com/semanticvectors/semanticvectors/wiki/

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Command line flag not defined: vectorsearchfilterregex

Looks like documentation at https://github.com/semanticvectors/semanticvectors/wiki/

9/13/17

Rain, … Michael Ruepp15

1/14/17

How to use Semantic Vector API like Lucene to index and search document

Hi Michael , Sorry but can you reup-load your software ? I can't download it @@ . See my picture

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How to use Semantic Vector API like Lucene to index and search document

Hi Michael , Sorry but can you reup-load your software ? I can't download it @@ . See my picture

1/14/17

Teodor Dimov, Dominic Widdows4

10/5/16

Random Indexing

My main thoughts for such a small corpus is to try various options and see what results you get. This

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Random Indexing

My main thoughts for such a small corpus is to try various options and see what results you get. This

10/5/16

SoftwareEngineer, Dominic Widdows3

8/8/16

Multiple fields

To say which fields you want indexed, use the --contentsfields flag. But only the strings get indexed

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Multiple fields

To say which fields you want indexed, use the --contentsfields flag. But only the strings get indexed

8/8/16

SoftwareEngineer, Dominic Widdows3

8/5/16

Returning document instead of terms

Thanks Dominic.. Some of the links are still broken that I couldn't reach that page. On Monday,

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Returning document instead of terms

Thanks Dominic.. Some of the links are still broken that I couldn't reach that page. On Monday,

8/5/16

Dominic Widdows

7/26/16

Re: Unrecognized option : -luceneindexpath

There's no classpath after your -cp. On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 4:27 PM, SoftwareEngineer <hadeel

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Re: Unrecognized option : -luceneindexpath

There's no classpath after your -cp. On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 4:27 PM, SoftwareEngineer <hadeel

7/26/16

Dominic Widdows2

7/26/16

Re: BuildIndex command line

The tokenization (or rather, basic string splitting) is done in this line: https://github.com/

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Re: BuildIndex command line

The tokenization (or rather, basic string splitting) is done in this line: https://github.com/

7/26/16

Hadeel Maryoosh, Dominic Widdows2

7/22/16

Trying to Use BuildIndex class to generate term vector file

Hi Hadeel, If you want to search your own index using the example client, you don't want to build

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Trying to Use BuildIndex class to generate term vector file

Hi Hadeel, If you want to search your own index using the example client, you don't want to build

7/22/16

Dominic Widdows4

7/22/16

Re: Errors when implementing search using API instead of command lines

BuildIndex is a class not a method. BuildIndex.main is a standard java main method. It doesn't

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Re: Errors when implementing search using API instead of command lines

BuildIndex is a class not a method. BuildIndex.main is a standard java main method. It doesn't

7/22/16

Hadeel Maryoosh, Dominic Widdows16

7/18/16

Using Semantic Vectors to override similarity in Lucene

Hi Hadeel, These lines: VectorSearcher searcher = new VectorSearcher.VectorSearcherCosine(

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Using Semantic Vectors to override similarity in Lucene

Hi Hadeel, These lines: VectorSearcher searcher = new VectorSearcher.VectorSearcherCosine(

7/18/16

Tim Hearn, Dominic Widdows6

7/13/16

IndexTooNewException - for Lucene 4.10?

Yes, I still get a few personal inquiries from time to time as well. Traffic on this list is

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IndexTooNewException - for Lucene 4.10?

Yes, I still get a few personal inquiries from time to time as well. Traffic on this list is

7/13/16

Nikola Morena, Dominic Widdows2

11/17/15

Zero document vectors for default corpus

Hi Nikola, As I mentioned offline, I'd like to confirm that this is a regression (that I should

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Zero document vectors for default corpus

Hi Nikola, As I mentioned offline, I'd like to confirm that this is a regression (that I should

11/17/15

Tim Hearn, Dominic4

11/10/15

NullPointerException when building Index from Solr Index

Belatedly, I took a look at this and the message ending with "Check that -docidfield was set

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NullPointerException when building Index from Solr Index

Belatedly, I took a look at this and the message ending with "Check that -docidfield was set

11/10/15

José Tomás Atria, Dominic5

10/20/15

API questions

I'll see what I can come up with :) So far I only added a few method signatures here and there

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API questions

I'll see what I can come up with :) So far I only added a few method signatures here and there

10/20/15

Michael Ruepp, … Dominic Widdows4

8/7/15

Negative Values Scores from CompareTerms

Yes, higher scores give greater similarities. People frequently assume that similarities would be

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Negative Values Scores from CompareTerms

Yes, higher scores give greater similarities. People frequently assume that similarities would be

8/7/15

Michael Ruepp, Dominic4

8/7/15

Sometimes getting NaN back as Score with CompareTerms

OK I got it, i will check against Double.NaN and exclude it from the result. On Thursday, August 6,

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Sometimes getting NaN back as Score with CompareTerms

OK I got it, i will check against Double.NaN and exclude it from the result. On Thursday, August 6,

8/7/15

Laurent Kevers, Dominic Widdows3

8/7/15

Default options values for BuildIndex

Thank you Dominic for this answer! I currently use Semantic Vectors 5.8 JAR from the Maven Repository

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Default options values for BuildIndex

Thank you Dominic for this answer! I currently use Semantic Vectors 5.8 JAR from the Maven Repository

8/7/15

Dominic, Laurent Kevers3

8/6/15

Completed move to github

Thanks a lot Laurent. I've fixed those ones. There are probably more kicking around the place

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Completed move to github

Thanks a lot Laurent. I've fixed those ones. There are probably more kicking around the place

8/6/15

Michael Ruepp, Dominic2

7/31/15

-matchcase programatically does not work (no search output but vector found), cli works though...

Sorry, this is strange and I'm unlikely to have time to investigate for at least a few days. A

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-matchcase programatically does not work (no search output but vector found), cli works though...

Sorry, this is strange and I'm unlikely to have time to investigate for at least a few days. A

7/31/15

Michael Ruepp, Trevor Cohen3

7/23/15

Getting no vectors when using two terms

Hi, yes, I did not construct the Sentences as String[] of Words but as one String. Thanks for the

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Getting no vectors when using two terms

Hi, yes, I did not construct the Sentences as String[] of Words but as one String. Thanks for the

7/23/15

Michael Ruepp, Dominic Widdows5

7/22/15

Stop Indexing Task

Hi Michael, Option 3 sounds like the most disruptive to the codebase, so while you're welcome to

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Stop Indexing Task

Hi Michael, Option 3 sounds like the most disruptive to the codebase, so while you're welcome to

7/22/15

Al, Dominic Widdows12

7/19/15

terms weights

Hi, Dominic Thanks to "unblock" me, and well, I understand that my options are not yet

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terms weights

Hi, Dominic Thanks to "unblock" me, and well, I understand that my options are not yet

7/19/15

Michael Ruepp, … Michael Ruepp3

7/18/15

Second Termvectorsfile when using buildIndex and -trainingcycles <NUMBER> -docindexing incremental

So trainingcycles not mandatorily improves search quality? Could I live without? Also, is there any

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Second Termvectorsfile when using buildIndex and -trainingcycles <NUMBER> -docindexing incremental

So trainingcycles not mandatorily improves search quality? Could I live without? Also, is there any

7/18/15

Michael Ruepp, … Michael Ruepp8

7/15/15

Increase parallelism with index building

Also whats interesting, if I use docindexing incremental, I end up by having a second file named:

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Increase parallelism with index building

Also whats interesting, if I use docindexing incremental, I end up by having a second file named:

7/15/15

Michael Ruepp, Dominic Widdows2

7/15/15

Lucene positional Index vs no position information

Hi Michael, If you have the space and the patience, then always build positional indexes. You are

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Lucene positional Index vs no position information

Hi Michael, If you have the space and the patience, then always build positional indexes. You are

7/15/15