Automatic spelling correction in scientific and scholarly text

Communications of the ACMPublished 1 April 1984Open access

Joseph J. Pollock, Antonio Zamora

DOI10.1145/358027.358048

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This paper describes the correction program developed as part of SPEEDCOP (Spelling Error Correction Project), a Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) project supported by the National Science Foundation intended not as a theoretical construct but as a useful tool for text editing.

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article Free Access Share on Automatic spelling correction in scientific and scholarly text Authors: Joseph J. Pollock Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, OH Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, OHView Profile , Antonio Zamora IBM Corp., Gaithersburg, MD IBM Corp., Gaithersburg, MDView Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 27Issue 4April 1984pp 358–368https://doi.org/10.1145/358027.358048Published:01 April 1984Publication History 103citation1,947DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations103Total Downloads1,947Last 12 Months239Last 6 weeks30 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

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