doi: 10.7763/IJCTE.2011.V3.381
A New Multi-Phase Algorithm for Stemming in Farsi Language Based on Morphology
Somayyeh Estahbanati1
,
Reza Javidan2 ,
Mehdi Nikkhah2
- 1Department of Computer Engineering. Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Ahvaz, Iran.
- 2Department of Computer Engineering. Islamic Azad University, Beyza Branch, Beyza, Iran.
Abstract
The main goal of stemming is to standardize words by reducing a word to its origin. In this paper a new algorithm for stemming in Farsi (Persian) language is presented. This stemmer is based on removing the suffixes and prefixes, and a database is used for saving the exceptions to decrease error rate. In the proposed method the speed of stemmer and also the percentage of errors are improved. The evaluation results on the prototype document collections show significant improvement in precision and recall in comparison with other well-known methods.
Keywords
- Farsi
- persian
- language
- stemming
How to Cite
Somayyeh Estahbanati, Reza Javidan, and Mehdi Nikkhah, "A New Multi-Phase Algorithm for Stemming in Farsi Language Based on Morphology," International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 623-627, 2011. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJCTE.2011.V3.381
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Copyright © 2011 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).