Interactive Analysis of Word Vector Embeddings

dc.contributor.authorHeimerl, Florianen_US
dc.contributor.authorGleicher, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.editorJeffrey Heer and Heike Leitte and Timo Ropinskien_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-02T18:08:02Z
dc.date.available2018-06-02T18:08:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractWord vector embeddings are an emerging tool for natural language processing. They have proven beneficial for a wide variety of language processing tasks. Their utility stems from the ability to encode word relationships within the vector space. Applications range from components in natural language processing systems to tools for linguistic analysis in the study of language and literature. In many of these applications, interpreting embeddings and understanding the encoded grammatical and semantic relations between words is useful, but challenging. Visualization can aid in such interpretation of embeddings. In this paper, we examine the role for visualization in working with word vector embeddings. We provide a literature survey to catalogue the range of tasks where the embeddings are employed across a broad range of applications. Based on this survey, we identify key tasks and their characteristics. Then, we present visual interactive designs that address many of these tasks. The designs integrate into an exploration and analysis environment for embeddings. Finally, we provide example use cases for them and discuss domain user feedback.en_US
dc.description.number3
dc.description.sectionheadersEmbeddings
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forum
dc.description.volume37
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.13417
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659
dc.identifier.pages253-265
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13417
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.1111/cgf13417
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectVisualization
dc.subjectInformation Visualization
dc.subjectVisual Analytics
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence
dc.subjectNatural Language Processing
dc.titleInteractive Analysis of Word Vector Embeddingsen_US
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