Text Categorization Method Based on Improved Mutual Information and Characteristic Weights Evaluation Algorithms

The improvement of text categorization by statistical methods can be performed from two main directions, namely the feature selection and the evaluation of characteristic weights. In this paper, we propose an enhanced text categorization method based on a modified mutual information algorithm and evaluation algorithm of characteristic weights which improves both aspects. The proposed method is applied to the benchmark test set Reuters-21578 Top10 to examine its effectiveness. Numerical results show that the precision, the recall and the value of F1 of the proposed method are all superior to those of existing conventional methods.