MeSHSim (version 1.4.0)

headingSetSim: Similarity between two MeSH heading sets

Description

Calculate similarity between two MeSH heading sets.

Usage

headingSetSim(headingSet1, headingSet2, method="SP", frame="node", env=NULL)

Arguments

headingSet1, headingSet2

two lists of headings

method

similarity measurment method, see Details for available methods.

frame

available options are node and heading, decide whether using node-based or heading-based methods.

env

the dataset to use.

Value

Semantic similarity between two MeSH heading sets, whose value is between 0 and 1.

Details

Available methods: SP: Shortest Path method, WL: Weighted Link method, WP: Wu and Palmer's method, LC: Leacock and Chodorow's method, Li: Li's method, Lord: Lord's method, Resnik: Resnik's method, Lin: Lin's method, JC: Jiang and Conrath's method.

Examples

    headingSet1<-c("Lumbosacral Region", "Body Regions")
    headingSet2<-c("Body Regions", "Abdomen", "Abdominal Cavity")
    headingSetSim(headingSet1,headingSet2,'SP','node')