Text classification: neural networks vs support vector machines

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of neural networks (NNs) and support vector machines (SVMs) as text classifiers. SVMs are considered one of the best classifiers. NNs could be adopted as text classifiers if their performance is comparable to that of SVMs. Design/methodology/approach Several NNs are trained to classify the same set of text documents with SVMs and their effectiveness is measured. The performance of...