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NaCTeM Software Tools

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Developed by: The National Centre for Text Minin
License: Free&Closed source
Web page : Tool homepage
Tool type : Web application

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The last edition of this page was on: 2014/03/19

The Completion level of this page is : Low


SHORT DESCRIPTION

[[has description::NaCTeM has developed a number of high-quality text mining tools for the UK academic community. However, at least some seem to available to all for non commercial purposes ([1])

NaCTeM's tools and services offer benefits to a wide range of users eg. reduction in time and effort for finding and linking pertinent information from large scale textual resources and customised solutions in semantic data analysis. (Our Aims and Objectives, retrieved March 2014).

NaCTeM tools are available in different ways. For basic tools, web services exist. Others require download and sometimes configuration/installation.]]


TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Usability

Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.

Tool orientation

This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.

Data mining type

This tool is made for Text mining.

Manipulation type

This tool is designed for Data analysis.

IMPORT FORMAT : TXT

EXPORT FORMAT : TXT


Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

Analysis & Visualisation of data
Predicting student performance
Student modelling
Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Constructing courseware

Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
Recommendations for students
Grouping students:
Developing concept maps:
Planning/scheduling/monitoring
Experimentation/observation

Tool can perform:

  • Data extraction of type:
  • Transformation of type:
  • Data analysis of type: Data mining methods and algorithms, Basic statistics and data summarization
  • Data visualisation of type: (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")



ABOUT USERS

Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers
Teachers/Tutors/Managers
Researchers
Developers/Designers
Organisations/Institutions/Firms
Others

Required skills:

STATISTICS: Basic

PROGRAMMING:

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:

DATA MINING MODELS: Basic



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Tool version : NaCTeM Software Tools
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Developed by : The National Centre for Text Minin
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Tool Web page : http://www.nactem.ac.uk/software.php
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Tool type : Web application
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Free&Closed source

Opinion Mining Test Site-2014-03-19.png

SHORT DESCRIPTION


NaCTeM has developed a number of high-quality text mining tools for the UK academic community. However, at least some seem to available to all for non commercial purposes ([2])

NaCTeM's tools and services offer benefits to a wide range of users eg. reduction in time and effort for finding and linking pertinent information from large scale textual resources and customised solutions in semantic data analysis. (Our Aims and Objectives, retrieved March 2014).

NaCTeM tools are available in different ways. For basic tools, web services exist. Others require download and sometimes configuration/installation.

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS


Tool orientation Data mining type Usability
This tool is designed for general purpose analysis. This tool is designed for Text mining. Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.
Data import format Data export format
TXT. TXT.
Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
Experimentation/observation

Can perform data extraction of type:

Can perform data transformation of type:


Can perform data analysis of type:
Data mining methods and algorithms, Basic statistics and data summarization


Can perform data visualisation of type:
(These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")


ABOUT USER


Tool is suitable for:
Students/Learners/Consumers:☑ Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑ Researchers:☑ Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑ Others:☑
Required skills:
Statistics: BASIC Programming: System administration: Data mining models: BASIC

OTHER TOOL INFORMATION


Opinion Mining Test Site-2014-03-19.png
Opinion Mining Test Site-2014-03-19.png
Nactemlogo.gif
NaCTeM Software Tools
Free&Closed source
The National Centre for Text Minin
http://www.nactem.ac.uk/software.php
[[has description::NaCTeM has developed a number of high-quality text mining tools for the UK academic community. However, at least some seem to available to all for non commercial purposes ([3])

NaCTeM's tools and services offer benefits to a wide range of users eg. reduction in time and effort for finding and linking pertinent information from large scale textual resources and customised solutions in semantic data analysis. (Our Aims and Objectives, retrieved March 2014).

NaCTeM tools are available in different ways. For basic tools, web services exist. Others require download and sometimes configuration/installation.]]

General analysis
Students/Learners/Consumers, Teachers/Tutors/Managers, Researchers, Organisations/Institutions/Firms
Basic
Basic
Web application
Text mining
Data analysis
Data mining methods and algorithms, Basic statistics and data summarization
TXT
TXT
rather easy to use
Low

NaCTeM offers a collection of tools. Some of these target ordinary academic end-users. Others may require data mining and content analysis skills. Some tools are online and others (e.g. U-Compare require download and installation.

Bibliography

  • Batista-Navarro, R. T. B., Rak, R. and Ananiadou, S.. (2013). NaCTeM CTD Web Services. In: Proceedings of the Fourth BioCreative Challenge Evaluation Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, pp. 85-89
  • A full bibliography is available here. It includes dozens of peer-reviewed articles in the life sciences that use different types of tools. Some of these may use other toolkits though ....

Some services

  • TerMine, AcroMine [2][3] extract candidate terms from text, and map them between biology acronyms and their full forms.
  • MEDIE [9] provides real-time semantic information retrieval based on the retrieval of relational concepts from huge texts.
  • InfoPubMed [11] extracts and visualises protein-protein interactions.