Man pages for LBDiscover
Literature-Based Discovery Tools for Biomedical Research

abc_modelApply the ABC model for literature-based discovery with...
abc_model_optOptimize ABC model calculations for large matrices
abc_model_sigApply the ABC model with statistical significance testing
abc_timesliceApply time-sliced ABC model for validation
add_statistical_significanceAdd statistical significance testing based on hypergeometric...
alternative_validationAlternative validation for large matrices
anc_modelANC model for literature-based discovery with biomedical term...
apply_bitola_flexibleApply a flexible BITOLA-style discovery model without strict...
apply_correctionApply correction to p-values
authenticate_umlsAuthenticate with UMLS
bitola_modelApply BITOLA-style discovery model
calc_bibliometricsCalculate basic bibliometric statistics
calc_doc_simCalculate document similarity using TF-IDF and cosine...
calculate_scoreCalculate ABC score based on specified method
clear_pubmed_cacheClear PubMed cache
cluster_docsCluster documents using K-means
compare_termsCompare term frequencies between two corpora
create_citation_netCreate a citation network from article data
create_comatCreate co-occurrence matrix without explicit entity type...
create_dummy_dictionaryHelper function to create dummy dictionaries
create_reportGenerate a comprehensive discovery report
create_sparse_comatCreate a sparse co-occurrence matrix
create_tdmCreate a term-document matrix from preprocessed text
create_term_document_matrixCreate a term-document matrix from preprocessed text
detect_langDetect language of text
diversify_abcEnforce diversity in ABC model results
diversify_b_termsEnforce diversity by selecting top connections from each B...
diversify_c_pathsEnforce diversity for C term paths
dot-dict_cache_envEnvironment to store dictionary cache data
dot-pubmed_cache_envEnvironment to store PubMed cache data
enhance_abc_kbEnhance ABC results with external knowledge
eval_evidenceEvaluate literature support for discovery results
export_chordExport interactive HTML chord diagram for ABC connections
export_chord_diagramExport interactive HTML chord diagram for ABC connections
export_networkExport ABC results to simple HTML network
extract_entitiesExtract and classify entities from text with multi-domain...
extract_entities_workflowExtract entities from text with improved efficiency using...
extract_mesh_from_textExtract MeSH terms from text format instead of XML
extract_nerPerform named entity recognition on text
extract_ngramsExtract n-grams from text
extract_termsExtract common terms from a corpus
extract_topicsApply topic modeling to a corpus
fetch_and_parse_geneFetch and parse Gene data
fetch_and_parse_pmcFetch and parse PMC data
fetch_and_parse_proteinFetch and parse Protein data
fetch_and_parse_pubmedFetch and parse PubMed data
filter_by_typeFilter a co-occurrence matrix by entity type
find_abc_allFind all potential ABC connections
find_similar_docsFind similar documents for a given document
find_termFind primary term in co-occurrence matrix
gen_reportGenerate comprehensive discovery report
get_dict_cacheGet dictionary cache environment
get_pmc_fulltextRetrieve full text from PubMed Central
get_pubmed_cacheGet the pubmed cache environment
get_service_ticketGet a service ticket from a TGT URL
get_term_varsExtract term variations from text corpus
get_type_distGet entity type distribution from co-occurrence matrix
get_umls_semantic_typesGet UMLS semantic types for a given dictionary type
is_valid_biomedical_entityDetermine if a term is likely a specific biomedical entity...
list_to_dfConvert a list of articles to a data frame
load_dictionaryLoad biomedical dictionaries with improved error handling
load_from_meshLoad terms from MeSH using rentrez with improved error...
load_from_umlsLoad terms from UMLS API
load_mesh_terms_from_pubmedLoad terms from MeSH using PubMed search
load_resultsLoad saved results from a file
lsi_modelLSI model with enhanced biomedical term filtering and NLP...
map_ontologyMap terms to biomedical ontologies
merge_entitiesCombine and deduplicate entity datasets
merge_resultsMerge multiple search results
min_resultsEnsure minimum results for visualization
ncbi_searchSearch NCBI databases for articles or data
null_coalesceNull coalescing operator
parallel_analysisApply parallel processing for document analysis
parse_pubmed_xmlParse PubMed XML data with optimized memory usage
perm_test_abcPerform randomization test for ABC model
plot_heatmapCreate heatmap visualization from results
plot_networkCreate network visualization from results
prep_articlesPrepare articles for report generation
preprocess_textPreprocess article text
process_mesh_chunksProcess MeSH data in chunks to avoid memory issues
process_mesh_xmlProcess MeSH XML data with improved error handling
pubmed_searchSearch PubMed for articles with optimized performance
query_external_apiQuery external biomedical APIs to validate entity types
query_meshQuery for MeSH terms using E-utilities
query_umlsQuery UMLS for term information
remove_ac_termsRemove A and C terms that appear as B terms
retry_api_callRetry an API call with exponential backoff
run_lbdPerform comprehensive literature-based discovery without type...
safe_diversifyDiversify ABC results with error handling
sanitize_dictionaryEnhanced sanitize dictionary function
save_resultsSave search results to a file
segment_sentencesPerform sentence segmentation on text
shadowtextHelper function to draw text with a shadow/background
standard_validationStandard validation method using hypergeometric tests
validate_abcApply statistical validation to ABC model results with...
validate_biomedical_entityValidate biomedical entities using BioBERT or other ML models
validate_entity_comprehensiveComprehensive entity validation using multiple techniques
validate_entity_with_nlpValidate entity types using NLP-based entity recognition with...
validate_umls_keyValidate a UMLS API key
valid_entitiesFilter entities to include only valid biomedical terms
vec_preprocessVectorized preprocessing of text
vis_abc_heatmapCreate a heatmap of ABC connections
vis_heatmapCreate an enhanced heatmap of ABC connections
vis_networkCreate an enhanced network visualization of ABC connections
visualize_abc_networkVisualize ABC model results as a network
LBDiscover documentation built on June 16, 2025, 5:09 p.m.