This presentation was provided by William Mattingly of the Smithsonian Institution, for the fourth session of NISO's 2023 Training Series on Text and Data Mining. Session four, "Data Mining Techniques" was held on Thursday, November 2, 2023.
22. Hierarchical
Classification
Example
● D - World History and History
of Europe, Asia, Africa,
Australia, New Zealand, etc.
○ DA1-995 - Great Britain
■ DA20-690 - England
■ DA700-745 - Wales
■ DA750-890 - Scotland
■ DA900-995 - Ireland
23. Things to
Consider
Challenges
● What is the problem you are
trying to solve?
● Is there an existing model?
● How much data can you obtain
to train a model?
● How many classes do you
need?
● Are these classes marked by
subtle distinctions?