Automatic inference of indexing rules for MEDLINE

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 4 Performance on the test corpus using MTI main heading recommendations

Subheading	Method	No. rules	Precision (%)	Recall(%)	F-measure(%)
Administration & dosage	ILP	166	38	29	33
	Manual	1	54	1	1
	ILP-filtered	95	45	25	32
	ILP-reviewed	124	37	29	33
	Baseline	-	26	9	13
Genetics	ILP	200	55	39	46
	Manual	226	65	28	39
	ILP-filtered	181	55	39	46
	ILP-reviewed	172	55	39	46
	Baseline	-	33	10	15
Metabolism	ILP	134	49	38	43
	Manual	61	58	20	30
	ILP-filtered	123	49	38	43
	ILP-reviewed	73	49	38	43
	Baseline	-	37	12	18
Pharmacology	ILP	217	47	28	35
	Manual	7	67	3	5
	ILP-filtered	183	48	28	35
	ILP-reviewed	74	47	28	35
	Baseline	-	28	12	17
Physiology	ILP	70	46	24	32
	Manual	0	-	-	-
	ILP-filtered	64	46	24	32
	ILP-reviewed	70	46	24	32
	Baseline	-	28	10	15

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