Holistic Evaluations of Topic Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23364v1
• Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:20:04 GMT
• Title: Holistic Evaluations of Topic Models
• Authors: Thomas Compton,
• Abstract summary: This article evaluates topic models from a database perspective, drawing insights from 1140 BERTopic model runs.<n>The goal is to identify trade-offs in optimizing model parameters and to reflect on what these findings mean for the interpretation and responsible use of topic models.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Topic models are gaining increasing commercial and academic interest for their ability to summarize large volumes of unstructured text. As unsupervised machine learning methods, they enable researchers to explore data and help general users understand key themes in large text collections. However, they risk becoming a 'black box', where users input data and accept the output as an accurate summary without scrutiny. This article evaluates topic models from a database perspective, drawing insights from 1140 BERTopic model runs. The goal is to identify trade-offs in optimizing model parameters and to reflect on what these findings mean for the interpretation and responsible use of topic models

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