ALalex_hirner·Apr 3, 2016Submission
Lda2vec: Tools for interpreting natural language
65 points · Open discussioncemoody
lda2vec
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cemoody / lda2vec
lda2vec
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2 sourcesThis looks really interesting, but it pretty hard to follow without the video.
My summary after a quick flick through is that it is a better classification(/clustering?) model for text, because it takes Word2Vec-style similarity into account, which plain LDA doesn't. That sounds like a reasonable approach to me, and nice to see someone get it working.
I think. Comments?
Here is the version with notes. I haven't read this through yet: http://www.slideshare.net/ChristopherMoody3/word2vec-lda-and...
Code here, BTW: https://github.com/cemoody/lda2vec
In Word2vec, LDA, and introducing a new hybrid algorithm: lda2vec