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Reimplementing Unix correct: The Lost Bayesian Spelling Corrector
The Problem
23 hrs ago • Shrijith Venkatramana
How to Write a Spelling Corrector by Norvig - Part 2
Norvig gives a quick refresher of Bayes theorem.
Dec 13 • Shrijith Venkatramana
How to Write a Spelling Corrector by Norvig - Part 1
In the previous parts - we did a study of how the Unix program correct works, as explained in the original paper.
Dec 12 • Shrijith Venkatramana
Building the Unix Spelling Corrector from Scratch - Part 3
The authors have already identified common misspellings using insert/delete/substitute/reverse operations and provided it in the paper appendix:
Dec 11 • Shrijith Venkatramana
Building the Unix Spelling Corrector from Scratch - Part 2
Candidate corrections obtained via edits.
Dec 9 • Shrijith Venkatramana
Building the Unix Spelling Corrector from Scratch - Part 1
The paper “A Spelling Correction Program Based on a Noisy Channel Model” from 1990 explains the application of probability theory to solving the problem…
Dec 8 • Shrijith Venkatramana
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