[Corpora-List] "Cargo cult" NLP?

[Phil Gooch]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:01 PM, John F Sowa <sowa at bestweb.net> wrote:

> NLP is primarily a branch of engineering.  The challenge for
> an engineer is not to get a better score on some "metric", but
> to solve a client's problem within the constraints of budgets,
> deadlines, and available resources.
>

I think this is very true. Some of the most successful NLP companies use
quite simple techniques under the hood. Rule-based approaches (if well
designed and modular) are popular with clients as they are easily
understood and can be rapidly customised for a specific domain.

Phil
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