• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Subscribe
  • Your Membership
    • Edit Your Profile
  • Services
    • Advertising
    • Case studies
    • Design
    • Email marketing
    • Lead generation
    • Magazine
    • Press releases
    • Publishing
    • Sponsored posts
    • Webcasting
    • Webinars
    • White papers
    • Writing
  • Shop
    • My Account
    • Cart
  • About
    • Contact
    • Privacy
    • Terms of use
  • Events

Robotics & Automation News

Market trends and business perspectives

  • News
  • Features
  • Sections A-Z
    • Agriculture
    • Aircraft
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Automation
    • Autonomous vehicles
    • Business
    • Computing
    • Construction
    • Design
    • Drones
    • Economy
    • Energy
    • Engineering
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Humanoids
    • Industrial robots
    • Industry
    • Infrastructure
    • Investments
    • Logistics
    • Manufacturing
    • Marine
    • Material handling
    • Materials
    • Mining
    • Promoted
    • Research
    • Robotics
    • Science
    • Sensors
    • Service robots
    • Software
    • Space
    • Technology
    • Transportation
    • Warehouse robots
    • Wearables
  • Video
  • Webinars
  • White papers
  • Press releases
  • Featured companies
    • AMD Xilinx
    • BlueBotics
    • Elite Robot
    • RGo Robotics
    • SICK Sensor Intelligence
    • Vicor Power

What is document classification, and how can machine learning help?

August 22, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

It is hard to classify documents. At least manually.

Imagine this: you head into a standard bookstore where pieces are supposed to be classified as genres – like thriller, romance, science fiction, and more. You want to pick Andy Weir’s Hail Mary – a novel with thriller/mystery and science fiction elements.

While the book choice seems on point, the question is: which genre should you head towards? The book can be on the science fiction shelf or on the thriller counter. It can be anywhere. And that is when the manual document classification becomes troublesome.

Sweating already? Fret not, as machine learning is here to help. Not to throw shade at the manual document classification, but they can be tedious if you plan on looking at a world outside books – including inventories and databases.

Yet, document classification with machine learning can be a game changer, courtesy of the relevant and available technologies like NLP, Robots, Sentiment Analysis, OCR, and more.

Let’s take a deeper dive into all of these.

What is document classification?

Simply put, document classification is the automation process where relevant/classifying documents are stacked into relevant classes or even categories.

Often regarded as one of the sub-domain of text classification, an oversimplified version of document classification means tagging the docs and setting them right into predefined categories – for the purpose of easy maintenance and efficient discovery.

In hindsight, the process is simple. It’s all about extracting and retrieving information. Yet, due to the sheer size of data sets, companies often need to rely on deep learning and machine learning technologies to get ahead of document classification, albeit with a focus on speed, accuracy, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

And just to mention, document classification can be considered a sub-domain of IDP or intelligent document processing. But more on that later.

As for the approach, document classification takes the text and visual classification techniques into consideration – primarily for analyzing the document-specific phrases and also the visual structure.

Visual and text classification can help companies classify every kind of document (stills, pictures, large data modules, and more) with ease.

Document Classification Process: The Devil is in the Details

Short story: intelligent models scan through structured, unstructured, and even semi-structured documents to match them with the corresponding categories.

Long story: The following machine learning techniques are put to use for classifying documents according to categories:

  1. Unsupervised learning: No prior training is required to prepare unsupervised learning models for document classification. Instead, the process involves tag-template-and word-specific categorization and requires top-level annotation techniques to be successful.
  2. Supervised learning: This approach towards document classification requires an extensive training module, led by training data, an input-output approach, and definitely the algorithms. Upon training, the classifiers can also identify unseen documents and deets.
  3. Rule-based: This method comes across as the most traditional one, led by the concept of NLU (Natural Language Understanding). At the core, this approach feels more like instructing a human when it comes to handling classification.

Regardless of the approach, businesses need to find a good way to classify documents as going manual can be time-consuming, erroneous, and obviously hard.

However, if you are looking for broader shades in regards to the process, here are the steps associated with an automated and efficient document classification process:

  1. Collecting Data: At this point, it is all about picking up the right training data to make the robots/scrappers more intelligent.
  2. Hyperparameters: This process concerns the actual training where key parameters are assigned for classifying documents. In some cases, NLP and sentiment analysis are considered for defining the document classifying parameters. For instance, a document talking about love (in a romantic way) can be sent across to the ‘Romance’ counter. And the way can be grabbed by NLP and sentiment analysis.
  3. Training: If hyperparameters aren’t assigned yet, you can always go back to the standard ML algorithms to train the models. The logic can be coded, or you can get hold of python-based libraries like Tensorflow to get started. Certain models need to be trained using OCR models, especially when you prefer the flexibility to export in any preferred format.
  4. Evaluating the training model: At this point, you need to assign training and testing data sets to check the quality of the model.

Document Classification: Use-Cases

Theoretical discourse is all cool, but what about the use-cases for document classification. We have it all sorted for you.

Opinion Classification: Businesses use this feature to segregate positive reviews from negative ones.

Spam Detection: Have you ever thought about how your email provider separates standard emails from spam emails? Well, document classification is the answer.

Customer support classification: A random day in the life of a customer support executive can be stressful. Document classification helps them understand the tickets better, especially when the request volume far exceeds their patience.

In addition to the mentioned use cases, document classification can also be used for social listening, document scanning, and even object recognition.

Automation is the Key

Every organization is information-dependent. Yet, every kind of information isn’t meant for everyone. This is the reason why document classification becomes all the more important – helping organizations collect, store, and eventually classify details as per requirements. And if you are still a manual evangelist, remember one thing: automation is the key to the future.

About the author: Vatsal Ghiya is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare AI software and services. He is the CEO and co-founder of Shaip, which enables the on-demand scaling of our platform, processes, and people for companies with the most demanding machine learning and artificial intelligence initiatives. 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vatsal-ghiya-4191855/

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Share this:

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • Pinterest
  • Skype
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Pocket

You might also like…

Filed Under: Automation Tagged With: classification, document, documents, learning, process, training

Join the Robotics & Automation News community

Reader Interactions

You must log in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

Latest articles

  • Hesai Technology to provide lidar for planned Cratus warehouse robots
  • Associated Food Stores selects Symbotic to implement warehouse automation system
  • Figure raises $70 million Series A to support commercialization of Figure 01 humanoid robot
  • 3M highlights major global trends in materials science and charts its own way ahead
  • Apex Motion Control launches new collaborative robot
  • Siemens unveils its first virtual PLC and new automation products
  • Yaskawa takes center stage at Africa Automation Technology Fair
  • Bota Systems and Kinova partner for easy installation of force torque sensors
  • Universal Robots executive receives prestigious robotics award for contribution to robot safety
  • What are the Differences between Rapid Tooling and Conventional Tooling?

Most Read

  • Snapchat Plus Planet Order 2023 Explained
    Snapchat Plus Planet Order 2023 Explained
  • Why is Money Important in Our Lives?
    Why is Money Important in Our Lives?
  • Top 20 electric vehicle charging station companies
    Top 20 electric vehicle charging station companies
  • Difference Between Three-Phase and Single-Phase Power
    Difference Between Three-Phase and Single-Phase Power
  • How to Track a Phone Number on Google Maps
    How to Track a Phone Number on Google Maps
  • Why is My Car Key Stuck in the Ignition?
    Why is My Car Key Stuck in the Ignition?
  • Scientists have found more water in space than they ever knew possible
    Scientists have found more water in space than they ever knew possible
  • The Future of Personal Computers: What to Expect in the Next Decade
    The Future of Personal Computers: What to Expect in the Next Decade
  • Top 20 programmable logic controller manufacturers
    Top 20 programmable logic controller manufacturers
  • Tormach launches new industrial robotic arm for under $20,000
    Tormach launches new industrial robotic arm for under $20,000

Overused words

ai applications automated automation automotive autonomous business companies company control customers data design development digital electric global industrial industry logistics machine manufacturing market mobile operations platform process production robot robotic robotics robots safety software solution solutions system systems technologies technology time vehicle vehicles warehouse work

Secondary Sidebar

Latest news

  • Hesai Technology to provide lidar for planned Cratus warehouse robots
  • Associated Food Stores selects Symbotic to implement warehouse automation system
  • Figure raises $70 million Series A to support commercialization of Figure 01 humanoid robot
  • 3M highlights major global trends in materials science and charts its own way ahead
  • Apex Motion Control launches new collaborative robot
  • Siemens unveils its first virtual PLC and new automation products
  • Yaskawa takes center stage at Africa Automation Technology Fair
  • Bota Systems and Kinova partner for easy installation of force torque sensors
  • Universal Robots executive receives prestigious robotics award for contribution to robot safety
  • What are the Differences between Rapid Tooling and Conventional Tooling?

Footer

We are…

Robotics and Automation News was established in May, 2015, and is now one of the most widely-read websites in its category.

Please consider supporting us by becoming a paying subscriber, or through advertising and sponsorships, or by purchasing products and services through our shop – or a combination of all of the above.

Thank you.

Independent

Archivists

August 2022
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Jul   Sep »

Complex

Old-skool

This website and its associated magazine, and weekly newsletter, are all produced by a small team of experienced journalists and media professionals.

If you have any suggestions or comments, feel free to contact us at any of the email addresses on our contact page.

We’d be happy to hear from you, and will always reply as soon as possible.

Future-facing

Free, fair and legal

We support the principles of net neutrality and equal opportunities.

Member of The Internet Defense League

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
Do not sell my personal information.
Cookie SettingsAccept
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT