Occupation Coding of Job Titles: Iterative Development of an Automated Coding Algorithm for the Canadian National Occupation Classification (ACA-NOC)

Hongchang Bao   ^{1, 2 *} , BSc, DA, MBA ;   Christopher J O Baker   ^{1, 3 *} , BSc (Hons), PhD, DUT ;   Anil Adisesh   ^{4, 5, 6 *} , MB ChB, MSc, MD, FRCP, FFOM, FRCPC

¹ Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Applied Science and Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada

² Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

³ IPSNP Computing Inc, Saint John, NB, Canada

⁴ Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Division of Occupational Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada

*all authors contributed equally