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A Topic Modeling Library

I will put all the summaries I will write during my literature review on this blog. Just filter the blog with the tag "Literature Summaries", and you will get all relevant blog posts which contain summaries of research papers. I'll also include a short rating of the articles I've read at the end of each summary, so that people who want to dive into literature about topic modeling have an idea if it's worth to read an article or not. I will use a five star rating system:

***** --> absolute must-read
**** --> reading recommended
*** --> OK to read, but not essential
** --> only read if you're interested in this or have enough time
* --> don't read this

Of course, the rating is purely subjective, but since much work in scientific research is reading, summarising, and reviewing literature, I thought it might be worth to share some important pieces.

Enjoy ;-)

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