Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing
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Semisupervised Learning-Based Word-Sense Disambiguation Using Word Embedding for Afaan Oromoo Language

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Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing
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Acceptance rate8%
Submission to final decision125 days
Acceptance to publication17 days
CiteScore3.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.460
Impact Factor2.9
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