2002 by
Prentice Hall, Inc.
14-18
nThe Value of Document Mining
nValuable in many areas:
§Supporting the
discovery process in litigation: requires
examining large quantities
of documents to find the occurrence
of specific topics relevant to a trial
§Managing intellectual
property: can help analyze patent repositories
§Managing internal R
& D: can be used to analyze internal research reports and lab reports to avoid previous pitfalls
Document
Mining (cont.)