Pérez, Ernesto A.

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Morphological analysis of words using genetic algorithms
(2013) Pérez, Ernesto A.; Vega-Riveros, José F.; College of Engineering; Alers-Valentín, Hilton; Vélez, Bienvenido; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ortiz-Albino, Reyes M.
Morphology is the part of grammar concerned with word formation. It explains why people sometimes immediately understand words when coming across them for the first time. It is also useful in computer search queries by helping to determine related words through word analysis. This thesis investigates the use of genetic algorithms as a means to perform morphological analysis of words. Spanish is used to make tests since it has a richer morphology than English. The genetic algorithm system naturally improves its capability to perform morphological analysis as more words are taught to it. The system makes use of a custom word similarity measure algorithm during the morphological division process.