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JDI: MeSH

• Description:

  Read in the input MeSH (Medical Subject Headings, MH|SH) and perform JD indexing based on document count. Main Headings and Subheadings are separated by '|'. Also, Subheadings can be represented by two-letter abbreviations or full names.

• Inputs:
  • MeSH, starred MH and SH are separated by '|'
  • a file, such as 9801.2004.MH.in

• Algorithm:
  • Pre-Processes (Input Filter):
    • Tokenize all MeSHs (SH/MH) from the input
    • Filter out illegal MeSHs (not in Mh-Jd Table or Sh-Jd Table
    • Assign legal MeSHs
  • Processes:
    • Get JD scores for each (legal) Mesh from DB: MH_JD_SCORES table and SH_JD_SCORES table
    • Calculate Avg. score for all legal MeSHs
  • Post-Processes (Output Filter):
    • Print out Input MeSH
    • Print out Legal MeSHs

    • Output filter option details
    • Score entries display number
    • No output message
    • JD candidate
    • Cluster option
    • Use alphabetical order for JDs have same scores

• Sample commands:

  > jdi -imh -p
  => index input MeSH from standard input with prompt
  
  > jdi -imh -i:9801.2004.MH.in -o:9801.2004.MH.out
  => index MeSH from file, 9801.2004.MH.in, and send results to a file, 9801.2004.MH.out
  

• Sample Outputs:
  • a file, such as 9801.2004.MH.out