A Generalized Approach to Word Segmentation Using Maximum Length Descending Frequency and Entropy Rate

In this paper, we formulate a generalized method of automatic word segmentation. The method uses corpus type frequency information to choose the type with maximum length and frequency from “desegmented” text. It also uses a modified forward-backward matching technique using maximum length frequency and entropy rate if any non-matching portions of the text exist. The method is also extendible to a dictionary-based or hybrid method with some additions to the algorithms. Evaluation results show that our method outperforms several competing methods.