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This paper reports initial work on developing methods for automatic generation of multi-document summaries of dissertation abstracts in a digital library. The focus is on automatically generating a summary of a set of dissertation abstracts retrieved in response to user query, and presenting the summary using a visualization method. A hierarchical variable-based framework for multi-document summarization of dissertation abstracts in sociology and psychology is presented. The framework makes use of macro-level and micro-level discourse structure of dissertation abstracts as well as cross-document structure. The micro-level structure of problem statements found in a sample of 50 dissertation abstracts was analyzed, and the common features found are described in the paper. A demonstration prototype with a tree-view interface for presenting multi-document abstracts has been implemented.
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S.G. Khoo, C., Ou, S., Hoe-Lian Goh, D. (2002). A Hierarchical Framework for Multi-document Summarization of Dissertation Abstracts. In: Lim, E.P., et al. Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology. ICADL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2555. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36227-4_10
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