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Summarizing Information

Including CD-ROM “SimSum”, Simulation of Summarizing, for Macintosh and Windows

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer

    1. Fachhochschule Hannover, Information and Communication Department, University of Applied Sciences, Hannover, Germany

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  2. Kai Haseloh
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  3. Jens Müller
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  4. Simone Peist
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  5. Irene Santini de Sigel
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  6. Alexander Sigel
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  7. Elisabeth Wansorra
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  8. Jan Wheeler
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  9. Brünja Wollny
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  • In a world of information excess, summarizing information - reducing large textual information structures to more manageable sizes - is an essential skill, which this book surveys comprehensively.

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Kai Haseloh, Jens Müller, Simone Peist, Irene Santini de Sigel, Alexander Sigel et al.
    Pages 1-8

  3. Communication and Cognition

    • Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Kai Haseloh, Jens Müller, Simone Peist, Irene Santini de Sigel, Alexander Sigel et al.
    Pages 9-44

  4. Summarizing in Everyday Communication

    • Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Kai Haseloh, Jens Müller, Simone Peist, Irene Santini de Sigel, Alexander Sigel et al.
    Pages 45-95

  5. Professional Summarizing

    • Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Kai Haseloh, Jens Müller, Simone Peist, Irene Santini de Sigel, Alexander Sigel et al.
    Pages 97-295

  6. Computational Approaches

    • Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Kai Haseloh, Jens Müller, Simone Peist, Irene Santini de Sigel, Alexander Sigel et al.
    Pages 297-365

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 367-375
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About this book

Summarizing is the process of reducing the large volume of information in something like a novel or a scientific paper to a short summary or abstract comprising only the most essential points. Summarizing is frequent in everyday communication, but it is also a professional skill for journalists and scientific writers. Automated summarizing functions are urgently needed by Internet users who wish to exploit the information available without being overwhelmed.
This book presents the state of the art of summarizing and surveys related research; it deals with everyday and professional summarizing as well as computerized approaches. The author focuses in detail on the cognitive processes involved and supports this with a multimedia simulation system on the accompanying CD-ROM (for Mac OS 7.5 and Windows 95).

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  • Fachhochschule Hannover, Information and Communication Department, University of Applied Sciences, Hannover, Germany

    Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer

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