Paper:
A Signal-Representation-Based Parser to Extract Text-Based Information from the Web
Mu-Chun Su*1, Shao-Jui Wang*2, Chen-Ko Huang*3,
Pa-ChunWang*4, *5, Fu-Hau Hsu*1, Shih-Chieh Lin*1,
and Yi-Zeng Hsieh*1
*1Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan
*2Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Taiwan
*3COMPAL ELECTRONIC, INC, Taiwan
*4Quality Management Center, Cathay General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
*5School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
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