Partitioning the UMLS semantic network

Zong Chen; Yehoshua Perl; Michael Halper; James Geller; Huanying Gu

doi:10.1109/TITB.2002.1006296

Partitioning the UMLS semantic network

Zong Chen, Yehoshua Perl, Michael Halper, James Geller, Huanying Gu

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Abstract

The unified medical language system (UMLS) integrates many well-established biomedical terminologies. The UMLS semantic network (SN) can help orient users to the vast knowledge content of the UMLS Metathesaurus (META) via its abstract conceptual view. However, the SN itself is large and complex and may still be difficult to comprehend. Our technique partitions the SN into smaller meaningful units amenable to display on limited-sized computer screens. The basis for the partitioning is the distribution of the relationships within the SN. Three rules are applied to transform the original partition into a second more cohesive partition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	102-108
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TITB.2002.1006296
State	Published - Jun 2002

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Biotechnology
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Cohesive partition
IS-A relationship
Orientation
Partition
Semantic network
Semantic type
Unified medical language system (UMLS)
Views

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