Automatic Extraction of Words from Chinese Textual Data

In addition to Chinese character I/O, one of the most important issues for Chinese informationprocessing is automatic extraction of words from textual data. Having discussed the characteristics ofChinese words and sentences, we proved in this paper that this problem cannot be thoroughly resolved.Then, various algorithms for extraction of words from Chinese sentences are reviewed. Finally, a newalgorithm is put forward, based on which a highly automatic Chinese information processing system hasbeen developed.