Historical inference based on semi-supervised learning

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Highlights:

• We propose a framework of classifying people in history into rivalry power groups (parties).

• The proposed method employs graph-based semi-supervised learning.

• To create a network from genealogy, we propose a method for converting the tree structure to a network.

• We devise a labeling method using historical records on political decisions.

• The paper is a pioneering work of machine learning applied to history, which can help people infer the unrevealed facts in history.

摘要

•We propose a framework of classifying people in history into rivalry power groups (parties).•The proposed method employs graph-based semi-supervised learning.•To create a network from genealogy, we propose a method for converting the tree structure to a network.•We devise a labeling method using historical records on political decisions.•The paper is a pioneering work of machine learning applied to history, which can help people infer the unrevealed facts in history.

论文关键词:Machine learning,Semi-supervised learning,Historical big data,Genealogy

论文评审过程:Received 20 September 2017, Revised 14 December 2017, Accepted 28 March 2018, Available online 5 April 2018, Version of Record 13 April 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.03.059