AM EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS OF OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR TERMINOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS - OR - MAKING KRIS GET A MOVE ON

We consider different methods of optimizing the classification process of terminological representation systems and evaluate their effect on three different types of test data. Though these techniques can proba bly be found in many existing systems, until now there has been no coh erent description of these techniques and their impact on the performa nce of a system. One goal of this article is to make such a descriptio n available for future implementors of terminological systems. Buildin g the optimizations that came off best into the KRIS system greatly en hanced its efficiency.