Meta-classifier approach to reliable text classification

A problem with automatic classifiers is that there is no way to know if a particular classification is just a guess or a certain answer. Reliable classification is the task of predicting whether a certain instance is correctly classified or not, i.e., a cl

Meta-Classi erApproachesto

ReliableTextClassi cation

A.M.Kaptein

Master’sThesisCS05-15

Thesissubmittedinpartialful lment

oftherequirementsforthedegreeof

MasterofScienceofKnowledgeEngineering

intheFacultyofGeneralSciences

oftheUniversiteitMaastricht

Thesiscommittee:

Prof.dr.H.J.vandenHerik

dr.E.N.Smirnov

Prof.dr.E.O.Postma

dr.W.J.G.Hacking

UniversiteitMaastricht

InstituteforKnowledgeandAgentTechnology

DepartmentofComputerScience

Maastricht,TheNetherlands

August2005