Improving natural language processing with human data: Eye tracking and other data sources reflecting cognitive text processing

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Improving natural language processing with human data : Eye tracking and other data sources reflecting cognitive text processing. / Barrett, Maria.

Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, 2018. 171 p.

Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

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Barrett, M 2018, Improving natural language processing with human data: Eye tracking and other data sources reflecting cognitive text processing. Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet.

APA

Barrett, M. (2018). Improving natural language processing with human data: Eye tracking and other data sources reflecting cognitive text processing. Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet.

Vancouver

Barrett M. Improving natural language processing with human data: Eye tracking and other data sources reflecting cognitive text processing. Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, 2018. 171 p.

Author

Barrett, Maria. / Improving natural language processing with human data : Eye tracking and other data sources reflecting cognitive text processing. Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, 2018. 171 p.

Bibtex

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