Word lists are the basis of so much research in so many fields. Researchers have now developed an algorithm that can be applied to different languages and can expand word lists significantly better ...

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Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. “The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s ...

It’s difficult enough for a computer to understand a simple sentence. So how do you train it to recognize even the most representative keywords of a document that might run 10 or 20 pages in length?