March 2019
Intermediate to advanced
642 pages
22h 54m
English
All three stemming algorithms basically aim at achieving the same thing. The difference between the three stemming algorithms is basically the level of strictness with which they operate. If you observe the output, you will see that the LANCASTER stemmer is stricter than the other two stemmers. The PORTER stemmer is the least in terms of strictness, and the LANCASTER is the strictest. The stemmed words that we get from the LANCASTER stemmer tend to get confusing and obfuscated. The algorithm is really fast, but it will reduce the words a lot. So, a good rule of thumb is to use the SNOWBALL stemmer.
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