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+This repository stores 5 Azure Notebooks that demonstrates the various data science processes of a Document (QnA) Matching scenario. 
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+Part 1: performs the text processing and phrases learning. The outputs are stored in Azure Blob Storage.
+Part 2-5: implements 4 different machine learning models and can be run seperately after completing Part 1.
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+Please feel free to contact Katherine Zhao (mez@microsoft.com) and T.J. Hazen (TJ.Hazen@microsoft.com) with any question or comment.
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