Choosing the value of alpha and beta

[deepikay]

In the research paper, it is mentioned that alpha = 0.05 for short text collections and =50/K for normal text collection and beta = 0.01. Should we proceed with the default values mentioned in the runExample.sh?

[xiaohuiyan]

Yes, this parameter setting is fine in most of data I tested. However, the best values of these parameters depend on data. 2017-10-31 14:01 GMT+08:00 deepikay <notifications@github.com>:

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