Virtual Threaded Text Simplifier

Dylan Boyle

Student ID: G00438786
Assignment Year: SDDS Assignment 2024

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Application Overview

The Virtual Threaded Text Simplifier is a multi-threaded Java application designed to simplify text content by leveraging advanced similarity algorithms and configuration management. It offers a streamlined interface to configure settings, load data, and simplify text using various similarity-based approaches.

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Main Features

1. Text Simplification

• Functionality: Simplifies input text by replacing words with synonyms or related terms based on their similarity.
• Replacement Strategies:
  • Most Similar: Replaces words with the most similar alternatives.
  • Least Similar: Replaces words with the least similar alternatives.
  • Random Replacement: Randomly selects replacements from candidate words.

2. Similarity Algorithms

• Algorithms Supported:
  • Euclidean Distance
  • Cosine Similarity
  • Jaccard Similarity
  • Manhattan Distance
  • Pearson Correlation
  • Chebyshev Distance
• Dynamic Configuration:
  • Users can select and configure algorithms according to their preferences.

3. Configuration Management

• Comprehensive Configuration Menu:
  • Set paths for input and output files, word embeddings, and the Google 1000 common words file.
  • View and update current configurations directly from the console.
  • Reset all configurations to default settings.

4. Interactive Menu System

• User-Friendly Interface:
  • Clear and intuitive console navigation for all operations.
  • Dedicated menus for main features, configurations, and advanced settings.

5. Robust Error Handling

• Validation:
  • Handles invalid file paths and malformed inputs gracefully.
  • Ensures all configurations are validated to avoid runtime errors.
• Feedback:
  • Provides detailed and helpful feedback for user inputs.

6. Multi-threaded Loading

• Performance Optimization:
  • Accelerates the loading process for word embeddings and common words by leveraging multi-threading.

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Usage Instructions

1. Run the application using the command line:

   java -cp ./simplifier.jar ie.atu.sw.Runner

2. Use the main menu to configure settings and specify file paths.
3. Input text for simplification and view the results.
4. Navigate the configuration menu to refine settings as needed.

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Resources

List of files to use for this App:

• word-embeddings.txt: Word-embeddings file for uploading a path.
• google-1000.txt: Google-1000 file for uploading a path.