
findLeastCommonSubsumer.pl - This program finds the least common subsumer between two concepts.

This program takes two terms or CUIs and returns the least common subsumer between them.

Usage: findLeastCommonSubsumer.pl [OPTIONS] [CUI1|TERM1] [CUI2|TERM2]

A TERM or CUI (or some combination) from the Unified Medical Language System
This is the configuration file. The format of the configuration file is as follows:
SAB :: <include|exclude> <source1, source2, ... sourceN>
REL :: <include|exclude> <relation1, relation2, ... relationN>
RELA :: <include|exclude> <rela1, rela2, ... relaN> (optional)
For example, if we wanted to use the MSH vocabulary with only the RB/RN relations, the configuration file would be:
SAB :: include MSH REL :: include RB, RN RELA :: include inverse_isa, isa
or
SAB :: include MSH REL :: exclude PAR, CHD
If you go to the configuration file directory, there will be example configuration files for the different runs that you have performed.
The minimum and maximum depth of the least common subsummer
The Information Content of the least common subsumer
A file containing pairs of concepts or terms in the following format:
term1<>term2
or
cui1<>cui2
or
cui1<>term2
or
term1<>cui2
Sets the debug flag for testing
Username is required to access the umls database on MySql unless it was specified in the my.cnf file at installation
Password is required to access the umls database on MySql unless it was specified in the my.cnf file at installation
Hostname where mysql is located. DEFAULT: localhost
The socket your mysql is using. DEFAULT: /tmp/mysql.sock
Database contain UMLS DEFAULT: umls
This option will not create a database of the path information for all of concepts in the specified set of sources and relations in the config file but obtain the information for just the input concept
This option will bypass any command prompts such as asking if you would like to continue with the index creation.
This option prints out the path information for debugging purposes. This option is only really available with the --reatime option because otherwise the path information is stored in the database. You can get this information in a file if you use the --verbose option while creating the index.
This option will print out the table information to the config file that you specified.
This option takes in a file containing a list of CUIs (one CUI per line) and stores only the path information for those CUIs rather than for all of the CUIs given the specified set of sources and relations
Displays the quick summary of program options.
Displays the version information.

List of CUIs that are associated with the input term


Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota

Copyright (c) 2007-2009,
Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota
bthomson at cs.umn.edu
Ted Pedersen, University of Minnesota Duluth
tpederse at d.umn.edu
Siddharth Patwardhan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
sidd@cs.utah.edu
Serguei Pakhomov, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
pakh0002@umn.edu
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