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Multilingual Text Summarization in Healthcare Using Pre-Trained Transformer-Based Language Models

Josua Käser, Thomas Nagy, Patrick Stirnemann, Thomas Hanne

Computers, Materials & Continua· Volume 83· Issue 1

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We analyze the suitability of existing pre-trained transformer-based language models (PLMs) for abstractive text summarization on German technical healthcare texts. The study focuses on the multilingual capabilities of these ... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Tech Science Press
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