Award details

Construction of a medicinal plant database using information extraction techniques

ReferenceBIF07005
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Robert Gaizauskas
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Peter Willett
Institution University of Sheffield
DepartmentComputer Science
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 43,251
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/01/1997
End date 31/12/1997
Duration12 months

Abstract

This project will use advanced natural language processing techniques to create a structured, searchable knowledge base of medicinal plants that will support research to identify new drug leads. The knowledge base will be made accessible to biological researchers via an easy-to-use searching and browsing interface. Automatic and semi-automatic techniques will be explored for creating taxonomies from this knowledge base to assist in the discovery of novel relationships between the data elements recorded therein.

Summary

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Committee Not funded via Committee
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Bioinformatics (BIF) [1995-1997]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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