Literature-Based Discovery? The Very Idea; The Place of Literature-Based Discovery in Contemporary Scientific Practice; The Tip of the Iceberg: The Quest for Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid; The 'Open Discovery' Challenge; Where is the Discovery in Literature-Based Discovery?; Analyzing LBD Methods using a General Framework; Evaluation of Literature-Based Discovery Systems; Factor Analytic Approach to Transitive Text Mining using Medline Descriptors; Literature-Based Knowledge Discovery using Natural Language Processing; Information Retrieval in Literature-Based Discovery
Summary
Literature-based discovery (LBD) is an inherently multi-disciplinary enterprise where collaborations between the information and biomedical sciences are readily encountered. This volume intends to plant a flag in the ground and inspire researchers to the LBD challenge