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Automatic clustering of languages

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Automatic clustering of languages seems to be one possible application that arose during our study of mathematical methods for computing dissimilarities between strings. The results of this experiment are discussed.

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        cover image Computational Linguistics
        Computational Linguistics  Volume 18, Issue 3
        Special issue on inheritance: II
        September 1992
        143 pages
        ISSN:0891-2017
        EISSN:1530-9312
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        MIT Press

        Cambridge, MA, United States

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        Published in coli Volume 18, Issue 3

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