Partitioning the UMLS semantic network

Authors

Zong Chen, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Yehoshua Perl, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michael Halper, Kean University
James Geller, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Huanying Gu, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2002

Abstract

The unified medical language system (UMLS) integrates many well-established biomedical terminologies. The UMLS semantic network (SN) can help orient users to the vast knowledge content of the UMLS Metathesaurus (META) via its abstract conceptual view. However, the SN itself is large and complex and may still be difficult to comprehend. Our technique partitions the SN into smaller meaningful units amenable to display on limited-sized computer screens. The basis for the partitioning is the distribution of the relationships within the SN. Three rules are applied to transform the original partition into a second more cohesive partition.

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

First Page Number

102

Last Page Number

108

DOI

10.1109/TITB.2002.1006296

Recommended Citation

Chen, Zong; Perl, Yehoshua; Halper, Michael; Geller, James; and Gu, Huanying, "Partitioning the UMLS semantic network" (2002). Kean Publications. 2720.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/2720