Abstract: We propose a procedure for extracting comparison matrices from informal product descriptions.We evaluate our proposal against numerous categories of products mined from BestBuy.Matrices exhibit numerous comparable information and can supplement or even refine technical descriptions.A user study shows that our automated approach retrieves a significant portion of correct information.Users can compute, control, edit and refine matrices in a Web environment called MatrixMiner. Domain analysts, product managers, or customers aim to capture the impo...
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Topics: 
Information retrieval
Data mining
Software engineering