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Research Article

Full-span named entity recognition with boundary regression

Junhui Yua State Key Laboratory of Public Big Data, Guizhou University, Guiyang, People's Republic of China;b School of Computer Science and Technology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, People's Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yanping Chena State Key Laboratory of Public Big Data, Guizhou University, Guiyang, People's Republic of China;b School of Computer Science and Technology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, People's Republic of China;e Engineering Research Center of Text Computing & Cognitive Intelligence laboratory, Guiyang, People's Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Qinghua Zhengc Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yuefei Wuc Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Ping Chend University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
Article: 2181483 | Received 26 Oct 2022, Accepted 12 Feb 2023, Published online: 02 Mar 2023

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