Comparing Documents With Similarity Metrics

An initial look into how math is leveraged to compare text in NLP

Evaluating the similarity between documents is a common step in NLP. It plays an integral role in many microservices with functions like information retrieval and translation.

Take a moment to ask yourself: how does a machine compare text in the first place?

If you want to harness these techniques for yourself, you’ll need to understand a bit of the math that …

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