Maximum Entropy Model Learning of the Translation Rules

This paper proposes a learning method of translation rules from parallel corpora. This method applies the maximum entropy principle to a probabilistic model of translation rules. First, we define feature functions which express statistical properties of this model. Next, in order to optimize the model, the system iterates following steps: (1) selects a feature function which maximizes loglikelihood, and (2) adds this function to the model incrementally. As computational cost associated with this model is too expensive, we propose several methods to suppress the overhead in order to realize the system. The result shows that it attained 69.54% recall rate.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: ACL
• Authors: Kengo Sato, Masakazu Nakanishi
• Keywords: ACL 1998, ACL 2007, Feature Function, Maximum Entropy Principle, Translation Rules